LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. ADAMS

No. 18728.

292 F.2d 153 (1961)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ollie Mae ADAMS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Gaines, of Yonge, Beggs & Lane, Bert Lane, Pensacola, Fla., for appellant.

Richard P. Warfield, Pensacola, Fla., for appellee.

Before RIVES, CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Ollie Mae Adams was a passenger on a Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company train1 eastbound from New Orleans, Louisiana. She was injured when the car in which she was riding and several other cars of the train derailed near Crestview, Florida.

Her complaint in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Florida, was removed to the federal district court on the ground of diversity of citizenship. Trial resulted...

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