Webb v. Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama; Henry D. Clayton, Judge. Action by John C. Webb (individually and for the use of the Queen Insurance Company of America and the London & Lancashire Eire Insurance Company), the Queen Insurance Company of America, and the London •& Lancashire Eire Insurance Company against the Southern Railway Company, begun in the state court and removed to the federal court.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama; Henry D. Clayton, Judge. Action by John C. Webb (individually and for the use of the Queen Insurance Company of America and the London & Lancashire Eire Insurance Company), the Queen Insurance Company of America, and the London •& Lancashire Eire Insurance Company against the Southern Railway Company, begun in the state court and removed to the federal court. Motion to remand being denied (235 Red. 578), plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARKRR. Circuit Judge.
This was an action brought in the law and equity court of Marengo county, Ala., to recover damages for the injury to and destruction of property by fire alleged to have been negligently caused by the defendant in error, the Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Virginia. The plaintiffs in the suit were John C. Webb, a citizen of Alabama, the owner of the injured and destroyed property, suing for the use of himself and of two insurance companies, one a corporation of the state of New York and the other a British corporation, and…
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- Fraser v. JennisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Chi., RI & Pac. Ry. v. DowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Turk v. Illinois Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
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