Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 26, 1932No. Docket No. 7033PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNourse, P. J.
Plaintiffs sued for damages for the death of Taza M. Hughes. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $24,500, and from the judgment on, the verdict the defendants appeal upon typewritten transcripts.
The defendant railway company operates a main line railway through Contra Costa County which is crossed at a flag station known as Nichols by a private road running to the plant of the General Chemical Company. On March 12, 1926, at about 3:30 P. M. Mrs. Hughes drove in a Chevrolet sedan over this crossing to the office of the chemical company where she met a deputy registrar of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Smellie v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1931
- Young v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1922
- Elias v. CollinsMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
- Koster v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1929
- Felsenthal v. WarringCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Thornton v. BudgeIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
- Lindley v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1937
- Mardesich v. C. J. Hendry Co.California Court of Appeal · 1942
- Elliott v. Market Street Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1935
- Gerfers v. San Diego Transit SystemCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
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