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CHICAGO &C. RAILROAD CO. v. PULLMAN S. CAR CO.

No. 118.

139 U.S. 79 (1891)

CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. PULLMAN SOUTHERN CAR COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Girault Farrar and Mr. Thomas J. Semmes for plaintiff in error. Mr. James Fentress was with him on the brief.

Mr. George B. Eastin and Mr. Edgar H. Farrar for defendant in error. Mr. Thomas F. Hargis and Mr. Sterling B. Toney were with them on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the Pullman Southern Car Company to recover from the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad Company the damages alleged to have been sustained on account of the destruction by fire of two of the plaintiff's sleeping cars, the Great Northern and the Louisiana, while on the premises of the defendant. There was a verdict and judgment for the sum of $19,000, with interest from September...

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