Felton v. Newport
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United ¡States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. This action was brought, under a statute of Tennessee giving a remedy in such cases, by Rhocla Newport, the widow of J. H. Newport, deceased, in behalf of herself and her children, who were also the children of the deceased, against Samuel M. Felton, as receiver of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company, to recover damages arising from the death of her husband,…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United ¡States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. This action was brought, under a statute of Tennessee giving a remedy in such cases, by Rhocla Newport, the widow of J. H. Newport, deceased, in behalf of herself and her children, who were also the children of the deceased, against Samuel M. Felton, as receiver of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company, to recover damages arising from the death of her husband, resulting from alleged negligence in the operation of the railroad of said company while it was in the hands of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, District Judge
The first question presented by the record relates to the ruling of the court in reference to the proof offered to show that Helenwood, within the limits of which the injury is alleged to have occurred, was an incorporated town. This was a material fact in determining the liability of the defendant upon the count on which the verdict and judgment were founded; for, as will be seen upon reading the statute which is quoted below, an obligation to observe certain special precautions is imposed upon railroad companies while they are running their trains through cities and incorporated towns. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Edgington v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Ashley v. Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1893
- Patton v. Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- What Cheer Coal Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- City of Hopkins v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hindman v. First Nat. Bank of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
- Philadelphia Casualty Co. v. FechheimerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
- Heinze v. Butte & Boston Consolidated Min. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1903
- Pritchett v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
- Felton v. NewportCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900
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