Legal Opinion

Fort v. Union Pac. R.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska

Decided November 10, 1871No. Case No. 4,952PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DILLON, Circuit Judge.

In support of the motion for a new trial, it is urged by the defendant’s counsel that the court erred in that portion of the second division, its charge to the jury commencing with, “But I draw this distinction,” and ending with the words, “for, in such a case, they are not, in any proper sense, ‘fellow servants’ in the same common service.” I fully appreciate the difficulties that surround the question here presented, and I do not feel certain that this particular case can be discriminated from those in which it is held that the com- | mon employer of two servants is…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Camp v. HallSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
  2. Balhoff v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Jones v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
  4. Chapman-Storm Lumber Corp. v. Minnesota-South Carolina Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1937

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