Edmunson v. Pullman Palace-Car Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. James N. Edmunson filed ^lis suit in the district court of El Paso county, Tex., against the- Pullman Palace-Car Company, claiming- damages in the sum of $15,000. The suit was removed by the defendant company to the United States circuit court for the Western district of Texas.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. James N. Edmunson filed ^lis suit in the district court of El Paso county, Tex., against the- Pullman Palace-Car Company, claiming- damages in the sum of $15,000. The suit was removed by the defendant company to the United States circuit court for the Western district of Texas. Edmunson alleged that on the evening of July 3, 1896, he became a passenger on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad from Colorado Springs, Colo., to Chicago, Ill.; that he purchased a regular ticket for passage over said…
1Opinion of the CourtParlange, District Judge
The entire evidence adduced in the lower court is before us, having been embodied in one of the bills of exceptions. The view which we entertain of this cause on the evidence makes it unnecessary to pass on the assignment of errors. The alleged errors relate to certain charges given to the jury by the trial judge, and to his refusal to give certain other charges. Even if there be merit in these complaints, — and we are not to be understood as expressing any opinion on that matter, — Edmunson, the plaintiff below, who is the plaintiff in error here, could not have been injured by erroneous…
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