Legal Opinion
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. W. E. Williams, Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1957No. 15662PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Chief Judge.
This was an action sounding in tort brought by appellee William E. Williams against the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company to recover damages on account of personal injuries suffered by plaintiff while he was attempting to close a door on a boxcar owned by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. He charged the three named railroad companies jointly and severally with negligently furnishing plaintiff’s employer, the Kansas Grain Company, with a boxcar whose…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- La France v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1961
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