Legal Opinion

Atlantic Coast Line R. v. McLeod

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided January 12, 1926No. 2387PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action instituted by William C. McLeod against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him when struck at a railroad crossing by one of its freight trains. He recovered a verdict for $2,000 in the District Court, and this writ of error is prosecuted by the company to reverse the judgment rendered thereon. McLeod was plaintiff in.the District Court, and the company was defendant, and for convenience they will be so designated in this opinion.

The injury of which plaintiff complains occurred at or near…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Railroad Company v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Cable Piano Co. v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
  3. Drawdy v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
  4. Dernberger v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1917
  5. Haley v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1906

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Burcham v. J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
  2. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Davis Frozen Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
  3. United States Ex Rel. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior v. Federal Power Commission Virginia Rea Ass'n v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
  4. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. WaidCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928
  5. Calloway v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932

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