Legal Opinion
Elick D. Tittman v. Great Northern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1958No. 15479_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.
Tittman, a brakeman, was injured in the Great Northern Hillyard yards at Spokane, Washington, on June 3, 1955. He was on duty as an employee of the company and tripped on a coil of small wire which was somewhat rusted and lying along the tracks where his duty took him. That he was injured by wire where he says he was is established. He asserts he was seriously injured, but the district judge who heard the evidence thought the injuries were somewhat minor. Reduced to a few words, recovery was actually denied upon the ground of a failure of proof as to how and when the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Spies v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Arthur King Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- United States v. JannuzzioDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1960
- Application of Alois M. GemassmerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1963
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- Elick D. Tittman v. Great Northern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958