Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided November 25, 1960No. Civ. 15634PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KUNZEL, District Judge.
In 1952, plaintiff, a resident and citizen of Ireland, lost, probably through suffocation, a trained dog named “Pud-sy” while it was being carried as baggage by defendant Chicago, Northwestern Railroad Co. Some of the facts and the issues are well summarized in the opinion of Mitchell v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., 9 Cir., 1957, 242 F.2d 598, wherein the court vacated the summary judgment granted by the district court.
After remand, this case was tried with a jury which returned a verdict for plaintiff against defendant Chicago Northwestern Railroad Co., hereinafter…
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- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. NothnagleSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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