Pankey v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Chariton Circuit Court. — Hon. Fred Lamb, Judge. (1) There was no negligence shown on the part of the defendant under the first ground of negligence. Williams v. Railroad, 233 Mo. 666 y Boyd v. Harris, 176 Pa. 484, 35 Atl. 222; Elliott v. Railroad, 204 Mo. 1; Coin v. Lounge Co., 222 Mo. 488. (2) There was no negligence shown on the part of the defendant under the second ground of negligence. Shields v. Railroad, 87 Mo. App. 637; Boyd v. Graham, 5 Mo.
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Appeal from Chariton Circuit Court. — Hon. Fred Lamb, Judge. (1) There was no negligence shown on the part of the defendant under the first ground of negligence. Williams v. Railroad, 233 Mo. 666 y Boyd v. Harris, 176 Pa. 484, 35 Atl. 222; Elliott v. Railroad, 204 Mo. 1; Coin v. Lounge Co., 222 Mo. 488. (2) There was no negligence shown on the part of the defendant under the second ground of negligence. Shields v. Railroad, 87 Mo. App. 637; Boyd v. Graham, 5 Mo. App. 403 ; Adams v. Ins. Co., 76 Pa. St. 411; Hinton v. Coleman, 45 Wise. 165; Power v. Kane, 5 Wise. 265; Sweet v. Leach, 6 Ul.…
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
-Between three and four o’clock in the morning of November 27,1910, Thomas Pankey, the head brakeman on one of defendant’s freight trains engaged in interstate commerce, was killed at Floyd, Missouri, by being crushed between a car and the freight platform of the depot.
This suit was brought in the circuit court of Chariton county, Missouri, under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, by his administratrix, Pinkie Pankey, for the benefit of herself as his widow and his one child, Mary L. Pankey, an infant three weeks old at the time of the father’s death.
Defendant is a Kansas corporation, and…
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- Clay v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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