Legal Opinion
Law v. Railway Express Agency
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 30, 1940No. 3565PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.
Appeals have been taken from judgments for the defendant entered upon directed verdicts in two actions of tort for personal injuries. The actions were commenced in a Massachusetts state court, and subsequently removed to the federal district court on the ground of diversity of citizenship.
The accident occurred in Brattleboro, Vermont, on April 19, 1937. A private driveway between the Vermont Savings Bank Building and the building owned by Dunham Bros, runs from Main Street to the area in back of the two buildings. In the rear is a fence, at the top of a steep decline,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Humphrey v. Twin State Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1927
- Gilman v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1919
- Bottom's v. HawksSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911
- Rugg v. ClappSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911
- Murphy v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- Spence v. HolesingerDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1988