St. Louis & S. F. R. v. Quinette
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Action by Jermain P. Quinette against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and the Pullman Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Reversed, and cause remanded, with directions to render a judgment upon the pleadings in favor of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, and to grant a new trial to the Pullman Company.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and the Pullman Company challenge the legality of the trial of an action brought against them by Jermain P. Quinette for negligence whereby he suffered personal injury. Each of die defendants denied that it was guilty of negligence and alleged the contributory negligence of the plaintiff, and the railroad company pleaded in its answer the statute of limitations of the state of Oklahoma, and insisted that the action against it was barred thereby. This case has taken a long and tedious course. The court below first held that…
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- Quinette v. Pullman Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
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