Legal Opinion
Davis v. Corona Coal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 26, 1924No. 819PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
On March 3, 1923, the Director General of Railroads sued the respondent Coal Company in a City Court *of New Orleans, for damages done by it to a railroad wharf on January 9, 1920, while the wharf was under federal control. The Coal Company pleaded the prescription of one year under the statutes of Louisiana. Civil Code, Art. 3536. This defence was upheld by the City Court and by the Court of Appeal and a review was denied by the Supreme Court on the ground that the ruling below was correct. A writ of certiorari was granted by this Court.
In Dupont De Nemours & Co. v. Davis, 264 U. S. 456, it…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- International Textbook Co. v. PiggSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by38 opinions
- United States v. SummerlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- North Dakota-Montana Wheat Growers' Ass'n v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- United States v. Alex Dussel Iron Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1929
- Gregory Brown v. M. AtchleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2023
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