Legal Opinion
Thiel v. Southern Pac. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1945No. 10681PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.
Appellee, Southern Pacific Company, a Kentucky corporation, was at all pertinent times a common carrier engaged in the business of operating railroads and railroad trains and transporting freight and passengers for hire. Two places between which appellee operated trains and transported passengers were Reno, Nevada, and San Francisco, California. One of the trains operated by appellee between Reno and San Francisco was train No. 9.
On February 25, 1940, appellant, Gilbert E. Thiel, a citizen of California, was a passenger on appellee’s train No. 9, having boarded it at…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Estate of McCarthyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
- Thiel v. Southern Pac. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
- Bonazzi v. FortneySupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
3Cited by14 opinions
- Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Bohn v. WatsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- Corden E. Yates v. Rodney H. Dann, Ruby M. Dann and R. H. Dann Towing and Lighterage CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- United States v. FurlongCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- Hans Zimmerman v. Delos C. EmmonsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
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