Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania Co. v. Cole

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 15, 1914No. 2463PublishedCited by 35 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the North-ern District of Ohio; William L. Day, Judge. Action by Clarence J. Cole against the Pennsylvania Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff was rear brakeman and flagman upon defendant’s east-bound freight train. While his train was standing at about midnight on the main track to take water, it was run into from the rear, by another train consisting of an engine and caboose, and the caboose in which plaintiff was asleep was set on fire and plaintiff thereby severely injured. The railroad was equipped with' the block system by which the movement of trains was controlled by signals along the railroad. The accident occurred in the block between Hudson and M. B. Junction, near Ravenna, Ohio. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. Grand Trunk Western Ry. Co. v. LindsayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912
  4. Robinson v. Van HooserCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
  5. Law v. Illinois Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Richard Arnold, IV v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. United States of America, Francis C. Mihalek v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. United States of America, Helen Rae Weston, as of the Estate of Lewis M. Weston, Deceased v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company Aetna Insurance Company American Empire Insurance Company Commercial Union Insurance Company Compagnies D'AssurAnces Du Groupe Concorde Continental Casualty Company Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin Hartford Fire Insurance Company Industrial Indemnity Company Maryland Casualty Company Reliance Insurance Company Royal Indemnity Company St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company Security Insurance Company of Hartford the Travelers Indemnity Company Underwriters at Lloyd's and Associated British Insurance Companies United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company United States Fire Insurance Company Zurich Insurance Company v. United States of America Bernard C. Groseclose Alden E. Hare William L. Hogan Dennis L. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
  2. Thompson v. CampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1947
  3. Drayton v. Jiffee Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
  4. Raymond L. Sears v. Southern Pacific Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
  5. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. MarlandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1917

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