Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Claughton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1935No. 7555PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Judge,
This action, by a widow against a railroad company to recover damages for negligently killing her husband at a grade cross-ing> is here for the second time. On the former appeal, which was taken by the plaintiff, we held that the evidence was sufficient to sustain a verdict in her favor, and consequently that the trial court erred in direct-ing a verdict for the defendant. Claughton v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. (C. C. A.) 47 F.(2d) 679. On the trial which the defendant now seeks to have reviewed its motion for a directed verdict was denied, and there was a verdict and judgment…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Kirch v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1930
- Claughton v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
3Cited by2 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Atlantic Coast Line R. v. McKinleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936