Neeley v. Southwestern Cotton Seed Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Olclahoma County; before B. F. Bwrwell, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS. The plaintiff, Neeley, brought this action in the district' court of Oklahoma county to recover damages from the Southwestern Cotton Seed Oil Company for personal injuries received while in the employ of the defendant. The plaintiff was a common day laborer, and had been .in the employ of the defendant as such for only a few weeks when the accident occurred.
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Error from the District Court of Olclahoma County; before B. F. Bwrwell, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE EACTS. The plaintiff, Neeley, brought this action in the district' court of Oklahoma county to recover damages from the Southwestern Cotton Seed Oil Company for personal injuries received while in the employ of the defendant. The plaintiff was a common day laborer, and had been .in the employ of the defendant as such for only a few weeks when the accident occurred. The defendant is a corporation engaged in the manufacture of cotton seed oil and cotton seed products at their plant at Oklahoma…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
BuRRORD, C. J.:
In the briefs presented for our con-, sideration, a great many cases are cited from the various state courts and quite a number from the supreme court of the United States. T'he questions embraced in this case have been extensively discussed by the jurists and authors, and no court or text writer has ever been able to harmonize .the numerous decisions. Every question presented could be decided either way, and have ample authority for its support. The supreme court of the United States has in the last quarter of a century had before it eveyy legal…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. HerbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Pritchard v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. DuranSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Solts v. Southwestern Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Moore v. First Nat. Bank of Iowa CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Ponca City Ice Co. v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- Dewey Portland Cement Co. v. BluntSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
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