E. B. ENGEL

v.

J. O. DAVENPORT ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Engel v. Davenport, 271 U.S. 33 (U.S. 1926)
  …commenced within one year. This demurrer was sustained, without leave to amend; and judgment was entered in favor of Davenport, which was affirmed, on appeal, by the Supreme Court of the State. 194 Cal. 344. This writ of certiorari was then granted. 266 U. S. 600. The petitioner contends that the suit.is one founded on § 33 of the Merchant Marine Act, of which the state courts have jurisdiction concurrently with the federal courts;' and that, by virtue of § 6 of the Employer’s Liability Act, 35 Stat. 65, c.…
• Reading Co. v. Koons, 271 U.S. 58 (U.S. 1926)
  …statute of limitations, was denied (26 Dauphin County Pa. Reports 234) and judgment was entered for plaintiff, respondent here. On an appeal to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the judgment was affirmed. 281 Pa. 270. This court granted certiorari. 266 U. S. 600. As respondent brought his action more than two years after the death and less than two years after his appointment as administrator, the sole question presented for [*60] review is whether, in an action for wrongful death brought under the Federal…
• Mo. Pac. R.R. Co. v. Boone, 270 U.S. 466 (U.S. 1926)
  …court held that, under the law of Missouri, misdelivery of the trunk was a conversion which rendered the carrier liable for its full value; and that the state law governed because the journey was intrastate. This Court granted a .writ of certiorari. 266 U. S. 600. Under the federal law misdelivery is not deemed a conversion depriving a carrier of the benefit of the provision limiting liability. American Railway Express Co. v. Levee, 263 U. S. 19, 21. The sole question for decision is the construction and eff…