Legal Opinion
Specht v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 19, 1923No. 23,113PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Plaintiff was injured while employed as a car inspector in the “Missouri Pacific” yards at Omaha, Nebraska. The injury is said to have been caused by the use of a defective coupler which would not couple on impact. Plaintiff sued the defendant, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a Missouri corporation, for damages, founding his action upon the Federal Safety Appliance Act, and recovered a verdict. The trial court granted judgment for defendant notwithstanding the verdict, on the ground that the liability, if any, was that of the “Missouri Pacific Railroad Corporation in Nebraska,” a Delaware…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Luckenbach S. S. Co. v. W. R. Grace & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1920
- Naam Looze Vennoot Schap v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1918
- Lehigh Valley R. Co. v. DupontCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
- Stone v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
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