Pennsylvania Railroad v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
These were suits brought in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and tried at special term, in July, 1885, based upon allegations of personal injuries received by the plaintiffs while in the performance of their duties as railway postal clerks on the mail route which extended from Charlotte, N. C., to 'Washington, D. C.
The cases were tried together, and each of the plaintiffs obtained a verdict and judgment, entered May 3,1890, against all of the defendants except the Virginia Midland Railway Company. The other defendants, namely, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the Baltimore and…
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