Legal Opinion
Holm v. Cities Service Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 18, 1932No. 409PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChase, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
Though somewhat greasy decks were necessarily concomitant to loading, this did not do away with the duty of the defendant to use whatever care was required to prevent excessive accumulations of oil in places where they would be dangerous to a person rightfully using the deck. That this defendant was guilty of negligence in permitting the pool of oil, in which the plaintiff slipped, to gather and remain where it was, must now be taken for granted. To this extent a jury question was presented. Sebald Brewing Co. v. Tompkins (C. C. A.) 221 F. 895. And we will…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Jacobs v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- The IroquoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. KoskeSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Skolar v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Mary Harris, Widow of Dupree Butler v. George W. WhitemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- McCarthy v. PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
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