PANAMA R.R. CO. v. BOSSE

No. 203.

249 U.S. 41 (1919)

PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY v. BOSSE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Feuille for plaintiff in error. Mr. Walter F. Van Dame was also on the brief.

Mr. Theodore C. Hinckley and Mr. Joseph W. Bailey for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for personal injuries and consequent suffering alleged to have been caused, on July 3, 1916, by the Railroad Company's chauffeur's negligent driving of a motor omnibus at an excessive rate of speed in a crowded thoroughfare in the Canal Zone. The suit was brought in the District Court of the Canal Zone. The defendant, the plaintiff in error, demurred to the declaration generally, and also demurred...

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