Legal Opinion

Muir v. Louisville & N. R.

District Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided March 2, 1918PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Actions by J. W. Muir, administrator of George S. Muir, by Jasper W. Muir, administrator of N. W. Muir, by Thomas J. Miller, administrator of Mabel Brown Miller, by H. IT. Mashburn, administrator of Emily Mashburn, by R. 11. Miller, administrator of Gillian Miller, and by J. E. Smith against the Rouisville & Nashville Railroad Company, which were begun in the state court and removed by defendant to the federal court. On motion to remand.

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Actions by J. W. Muir, administrator of George S. Muir, by Jasper W. Muir, administrator of N. W. Muir, by Thomas J. Miller, administrator of Mabel Brown Miller, by H. IT. Mashburn, administrator of Emily Mashburn, by R. 11. Miller, administrator of Gillian Miller, and by J. E. Smith against the Rouisville & Nashville Railroad Company, which were begun in the state court and removed by defendant to the federal court. On motion to remand. The proceedings were also consolidated with suits in equity by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company against Jasper W. Muir, administrator of George S.…

1Opinion of the Court

WALTER EVANS, District Judge.

The first six of the above-styled suits are actions at law, which have been removed to this court, while the other six of them are suits in equity, brought in this court, seeking to enjoin separately the prosecution in the state court of each of the others.

[1] The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company (which will be called the Railroad Company) is a corporation organized under the laws of this state, and therefore is a citizen of Kentucky. On December 20, 1917, there occurred at Shepherdsville, Ky., an accident to a passenger train of the Railroad Company which…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. United States v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. Tennessee v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1905

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Vaughn v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
  2. Lawrenceburg Roller Mills Co. v. Chas. A. Jones & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  3. McGregor v. Great Northern Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Davis v. HaganCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. Baker v. BellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919

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