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PENFIELD v. CHESAPEAKE &C. RAILROAD CO.

No. 187.

134 U.S. 351 (1890)

10 S.Ct. 566

33 L.Ed. 940

PENFIELD, v. CHESAPEAKE, OHIO AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 17, 1890.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rufus M. Williams, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. B.F. Tracy, (with whom was Mr. W.W. MacFarland on the brief,) for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in March, 1884, in the Supreme Court of New York, Kings County, by the plaintiff in error against the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company, a corporation created under the laws of Kentucky and Tennessee. Its object was to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on the 30th of November, 1882, in the State of...

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