Legal Opinion

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. District Court of Creek County

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided April 3, 1956No. 37180PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding in this court by The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, as petitioner, to prohibit the District Court of Creek County, Oklahoma, and Kenneth Hughes, as Judge of said court, from proceeding in the case of Moore, administrator, v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, No. 29933 in said court on the ground that said court is an inappropriate and inconvenient forum for the trial of the case.

On July S, 1955, Vernon F. Adair was killed in a train wreck which occurred near Cardinnias, New Mexico. At the time of his…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Superior Court, Creek CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1955
  4. Memphis Street Railway Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Superior Court, Creek CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Plum v. Tampax, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  2. Espinosa v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Archibald v. Cinerama HotelsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Shewbrooks v. AC AND S. INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Thomson v. Continental InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967

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