Legal Opinion

Reed v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 14, 1951No. 41936PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WESTHUES, C.

Respondent, Charles F. Reed, was injured on January 23, 1947, while unloading a carload of electric power line poles in the defendant’s railroad yards at Fayette, Missouri. Suit was filed in Vernon County, Missouri, where, upon a trial, a jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $17,992.17. From the judgment, the defendant railroad appealed.

The shipment originated at Picayune, Mississippi. The car was loaded by the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company. The car in question was a flatcar and belonged to the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The consignee was plaintiff’s…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lewis v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
  2. Willis v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1944

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. McComish v. DeSoiSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
  2. Ward v. City National Bank & Trust Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
  3. Slade Ex Rel. Slade v. New Hanover County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1971
  4. Fisher v. Minneapolis & St. L. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
  5. United States Steel Corporation v. Hugh McCraneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958

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