PIERCE v. TENNESSEE COAL &C. RAILROAD CO.

No. 174.

173 U.S. 1 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 335

43 L.Ed. 591

PIERCE, v. TENNESSEE COAL, IRON AND RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walker Percy for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Mr. William I. Grubb was on his brief.

Mr. W.A. Gunter, for Pierce, submitted on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

In the Circuit Court of the United States, a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff for a less amount of damages than he claimed; and each party alleged exceptions to rulings and instructions of the judge, and sued out a writ of error from the Circuit Court of Appeals. That court held that the defendant's demurrer to the complaint should have been sustained, and therefore...

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