Legal Opinion
Green v. Reading Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 31, 1950No. 9987PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, alleging diversity of citizenship and the jurisdictional requirement as to amount, instituted this action in the court below to recover damages for injuries sustained by him in an accident on the defendant’s tracks. The jury’s verdict in his favor establishes that on January 26, 1947, shortly after midnight, the plaintiff was crossing a public footbridge, which spanned the defendant’s tracks, when he was attacked by two unknown men and thrown to the tracks beneath. Thereafter, he was discovered lying alongside the tracks, under the overhang of a car, his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Leishman v. Associated Wholesale Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Zimmern v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Kingman v. Western Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Century Laminating, Ltd. v. Steven H. Montgomery, Individually and D/B/A Laminating Company of Colorado, and D/B/A American Laminating CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Healy v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Green v. Reading Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Greenwood v. GreenwoodCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Charles J. Napier v. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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