Legal Opinion
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1974No. 73-1569PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an action by The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company (AGS) against the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company (Northwestern) seeking to recover sums which it paid to settle a claim asserted against it by one of its employees, for which AGS asserted Northwestern was obliged to indemnify it. Diversity of citizenship and the jurisdictional amount under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 were asserted and established. After trial to a jury and a verdict for the defendant, the plaintiff filed alternative motions for a judgment n. o. v. or for a new trial, which…
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