Baltimore & O. R. v. Meyers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Indiana. This was an action by John E. Meyers against the Baltimore & Ohio & Chicago Bailroad Company and the Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad Company for personal injuries. A demurrer to the complaint by the last-named defendant was overruled.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Indiana. This was an action by John E. Meyers against the Baltimore & Ohio & Chicago Bailroad Company and the Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad Company for personal injuries. A demurrer to the complaint by the last-named defendant was overruled. At the trial the jury found a special verdict, on which judgment was ordered for plaintiff against the Baltimore & Ohio Bailroad Company, and that company brought error. ■ On the 18th of January, 1890, John ID. Meyers, the defendant in error, and a citizen of the state of Indiana, brought…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkinh, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The statute organizing this court (26 Stat. 826, c. 517) provides for appeals or writs of error to the supreme court from the circuit court in any case in which the jurisdiction of the court is in issue, and that in such case the question of jurisdiction shall alone be certified to the supreme court from the court below. The circuit courts of appeals have appellate jurisdiction to review the final decisions of thq lower courts in all cases other than those authorized to he removed into the supreme court. In McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661, 668, 12 Sup. Ct. 118, the…
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- McLish v. RoffSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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- Buel v. . New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1865
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