Legal Opinion

Empire Fuel Co. v. Lyons

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 11, 1919No. Nos. 3243, 3255PublishedCited by 21 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio; John E. Sater, Judge. Action by John E. Eyons against the Empire Fuel Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error, and plaintiff also brings error, asserting that the award of damages was insufficient.

1Opinion of the Court

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error in No. 3243 is a West Virginia coal-mining corporation. Having a contract for shipping coal to Toledo, Ohio (as stated in the brief of its counsel), it made with defendant iu error, on April 28, 1917, a written contract for the transportation of coal from M;ay 15, 1917, to May 15, 1918: by river barges, from Hugheston, W. Va., which is on the Kanawha river, to Pomeroy, Ohio, which is on the Ohio river, and for the loading of such coal into “such cars as may be furnished at Pomeroy, Ohio.” On August 15, 1917, defendant in error, hereafter styled…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Goldey v. Morning NewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  4. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. SpratleySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  5. Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Mueller Brass Co. v. Alexander Milburn Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  3. Thompson v. CampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1948
  4. Farmers' & Merchants' Bank v. Federal Reserve BankDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1922
  5. McCarthy v. WynneCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942

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