Pacific Express Co. v. Malin
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. Motions to dismiss -or affirm. The case is stated in .the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fulcer
This action was commenced by Sam. Malin and George Colvin, partners doing business under the firm name and style of Malin & Colvin, in the District Court of Mitchell County, Texas, to recover of the defendant the. sum of five thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars, the alleged value of certain goods and chattels destroyed by a fire, occasioned, as averred, by the negligence of the defendant. The defendant filed various pleas and exceptions to the plaintiffs’ petition, including the general issue. The cause was then removed from the state court to the United States Circuit Court for the…
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