ABRAMS v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 12399.

223 F.2d 331 (1955)

Luman ABRAMS et al., Appellants, v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T. Emmett McKenzie, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Laidler B. Mackall, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Stephen Ailes and George B. Mickum, III, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants, of whom there are nineteen, were plaintiffs in a civil action for damages arising out of an alleged incident on a railroad car. The trial court dismissed the complaint as to eighteen of the plaintiffs and transferred to the Municipal Court the action of the one remaining plaintiff.

The train was en route from New York to Chicago via Washington, and the appellants were passengers in a special car. An argument between them and a porter...

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