Legal Opinion
Turmine v. West Jersey & Seashore R. Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 28, 1930No. 14072PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
These two separate actions were tried together by agreement of the parties. The original suits were brought in the court of common pleas of Philadelphia County; Pa., and in each ease the statement of claim alleged that the plaintiff, a passenger on one of the defendant’s trains, had been injured by the breaking of a seat in which he was seating himself. Damages were claimed in each ease in the amount of $5,000. The cases were removed by the defendant to this court.
In the course of his opening address to the jury, and partly in response to questions by the court,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Barry v. EdmundsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Williams v. NottawaSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Hilton v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Farmington v. PillsburySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Kirby v. American Soda Fountain Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Burks v. Texas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Olan Mills, Inc., of Tenn. v. Enterprise Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- United Steelworkers of America v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1955
- Martin v. Western Union Telegraph Co.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1944
- Duarte v. DonnelleyDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1967
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