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Crehore v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 13, 1889No. 272PublishedCited by 156 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. This was a case commenced in a state court arid removed thence on the ground of diverse citizenship of ihe parties.

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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. This was a case commenced in a state court arid removed thence on the ground of diverse citizenship of ihe parties. The case was reached on the calendar on the 24th April, 1889. After argument was commenced, the court, for reasons which are stated in the opinion below, did not desire to hoar further argument and ordered it remanded to the Circuit Court, with directions to remand it to the state court. In the interim between the close of hearing arguments on the 26th April, and the close of the term on the 13th May,…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

This action was brought by the plaintiff in error, who was the plaintiff below, in the Louisville (Kentucky) Law and Equity Court, against the Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him, while a passenger upon the road of that company, by reason of the wilful neglect of those by whom it was operated. The company, on the 24th of November, 1884, filed its petition, accompanied by bond in proper form, for the removal of the case, upon the ground of the diverse citizenship of the parties, into the Circuit Court of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. KoontzSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Stone v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Steamship Co. v. TugmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Cameron v. HodgesSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  5. Railroad Co. v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1880

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3Cited by156 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Martin's Administrator v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. WillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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