QUEBEC STEAMSHIP CO. v. MERCHANT

No. 30.

133 U.S. 375 (1890)

QUEBEC STEAMSHIP CO. v. MERCHANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Allen Butler (with whom was Mr. Wilhelmus Mynderse on the brief) for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.J. Dittenhoefer for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries, brought by Barbara Merchant against the Quebec Steamship Company, a Canadian corporation, in the Superior Court of the city of New York, and removed by the plaintiff into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The case was tried by a jury, which found a verdict for the plaintiff for $5000, on which a judgment...

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