Davenport v. Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston.
1Opinion of the Court
McDOWELL, District Judge.
This action was instituted in a state court of South Carolina, and was removed to the United States Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina by the nonresident defendant, the Southern Railway Company. A motion to remand was overruled, and at the trial a verdict for the defendant was directed, and judgment entered accordingly. The complaint reads as follows:
COMPLAINT.
State op South Carolina, County op Greenville.
In Court op Common Pleas.
William1 Davenport, as administrator of the estate of Emma Davenport, deceased, plaintiff, against Southern Railway Company,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Osborne v. MorganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Warax v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1896
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. AbernathySupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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- Jackson v. RosemanDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1995
- Brunski v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1923
- Wade v. Berkeley CountyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2000
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