Legal Opinion
Dishon v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1904No. 1,316PublishedCited by 25 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit to recover damages for the wrongful death of the plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the joint negligence of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company and George Coffman, one of its engineers, in operating a train of cars. Suit was brought in the circuit court of Jessamine county, Ky.; it being alleged that the plaintiff and the defendant Coffman were citizens and residents of that state.
The negligence complained of is thus averred;
“Plaintiff avers that the defendant George Coffman is, and was on the 30th day of July,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Railroad Company v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Kansas City Suburban Belt Railway Co. v. HermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Moyse v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1910
- Gulledge v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
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