Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Joy, 173 U.S. 226 (1899)
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Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Joy, 173 U.S. 226 (1899)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company v. Joy No. 129 Submitted January 12, 1899 Decided February 20, 1899 173 U.S. 226
CERTIFICATE FROM THECIRCUIT COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
An action, pending in the Circuit Court of the United States sitting in Ohio, brought by an injured person as plaintiff to recover damages for injuries sustained by the negligence of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in operating its road in Indiana, does not finally abate upon the death of the plaintiff before trial and judgment, but may be revived and prosecuted to judgment by his executor or administrator, duly appointed by the proper court in Ohio.
A right given by a statute of a state to revive a pending action for personal injuries in the name of the personal representative of a deceased plaintiff is not lost upon the removal of the case into a federal court.
Whether a pending action may be revived in a federal court upon the death of either party and proceed to judgment depends primarily upon the laws of the jurisdiction in which the action was commenced, and in the present case is not affected in any degree by the fact that the deceased received his injuries in Indiana.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Joy, 173 U.S. 226 (1899) in 173 U.S. 226 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TDFNA28ZCGJ2V8V.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Joy, 173 U.S. 226 (1899), in 173 U.S. 226, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TDFNA28ZCGJ2V8V.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Joy, 173 U.S. 226 (1899). cited in 1899, 173 U.S. 226. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TDFNA28ZCGJ2V8V.
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