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POLLARD v. RAILROAD CO.

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101 U.S. 223 (1880)

25 L.Ed. 840

POLLARD, v. RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 12, 1880.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert A. Abbott for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.W. Scudder, contra.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

A judgment in an action of assumpsit, brought by a husband and wife, on a contract by a carrier of passengers to carry the wife safely, for injuries to the wife while being carried, is a bar to another action of assumpsit on the same contract, by the husband alone, to recover for the same injuries. A different rule prevails when the action is in tort against the...

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