Legal Opinion
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Nathan R. Underwood and Richard M. Murray, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1956No. 15913_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal calls on us to decide whether evidence offered in the present trial was sufficiently different from that before us when we reversed the case on the prior trial, to bring about a different result. An automobile driven by appellee Murray, in which appellee Underwood was a passenger ran into the side of a freight train, and both appellees sustained serious injuries. The two actions brought against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, appellant, were consolidated and resulted in a directed verdict in favor of the Railroad on the first trial. We reversed, 1…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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