Legal Opinion
Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Van Zant
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 2, 1923No. 142PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mckenna
de1ivei~ed the opinion of the Court.
The case presents the effect of a condition in a free pass issued by petitioner to respondent and used by her in transportation in interstate commerce-whether determined by the provisiOns of § 1 of the llepbur~i Aát (34 Stat. 584) or by the laws of Kansas and Missouri.
There is ~praotica11y IIQ dispute about the facts. The pass was authoritatively and gratuitously issued and she sustained injuries in Missouri while using it in an interstate journey. This injury she alleged, and prayed judgment against the Railway Cornpany in the sum of ~25.OOO.
The. Railway…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railway Company v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Boering v. Chesapeake Beach Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
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- Francis v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Donnelly v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1941
- Murrary v. . Cunard Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Sassaman v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
- Johnson & Johnson v. Charmley Drug Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1953
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