Pierce v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. This was an action, brought January 22, 1892, in the circuit court of Jefferson County in the State of .Alabama, by .Frank H. Pierce, a citizen of the State of Alabama, against the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Tennessee, doing business in'the State of Alabama, upon a written contract, signed by the parties, and in the following terms: “ Pratt Mines, Ala. 4th June,…
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. This was an action, brought January 22, 1892, in the circuit court of Jefferson County in the State of .Alabama, by .Frank H. Pierce, a citizen of the State of Alabama, against the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, a corporation of the State of Tennessee, doing business in'the State of Alabama, upon a written contract, signed by the parties, and in the following terms: “ Pratt Mines, Ala. 4th June, 1890. Whereas I, F. H. Pierce, while in the employ of the Tennessee Iron, Coal and Railroad Company, Pratt Mines Division,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
In the Circuit Court of the United States, a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff for - a less amount of damages than he claimed; and each.party alleged exceptions to.rulings and instructions of the judge, and sued out a writ of error from the' Circuit Court of Appeals. That court, héld that the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint should have been sustained, and therefore reversed the judgment of the Circuit Court, and remanded the case for further proceedings. A writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals was thereupon applied for by the…
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