Rollins v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa. While W. M. Rollins, a single man 26 years of age, was going from Charles City, Iowa, on the 26th day of November, 1903, to his home, himself and a team of horses that he was driving were killed, and the buggy in which he was riding was destroyed, in a collision with one of the defendant in error’s passenger trains, at a public highway crossing known in the evidence as “Warner’s Crossing.”
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa. While W. M. Rollins, a single man 26 years of age, was going from Charles City, Iowa, on the 26th day of November, 1903, to his home, himself and a team of horses that he was driving were killed, and the buggy in which he was riding was destroyed, in a collision with one of the defendant in error’s passenger trains, at a public highway crossing known in the evidence as “Warner’s Crossing.” His administrator brings this suit to recover damages therefor. The highway upon 'which Rollins was traveling runs east…
1Opinion of the CourtCarrand, District Judge
We have had some trouble in settling the bill of exceptions in this case. The record shows that to the proposed bill of exceptions of the plaintiff in error the defendant in error submitted what amounts to 16 pages of the printed record as amendments thereto. Then the plaintiff in error submitted some. At the end of these documents appears the usual allowance thereof by the trial judge as a bill of exceptions. At no place in the bill can a statement be taken as true, without searching the whole record for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not said statement has not been changed or added…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. GentrySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Baltimore & Potomac R. Co. v. LandriganSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Pyle v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Wabash R. Co. v. De TarCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Lawrence v. Denver & R. G. R. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1918
- Rich v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Shortino v. Salt Lake & U. R. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1918
- Beech v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1911
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