Denver, T. & G. R. Co. v. Simpson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from JDisúriet Oowrl of Arapahoe Oowni/y. The plaintiff’s cause of action as stated in Ms complaint, omitting the formal allegation, is as follows: The plaintiff on the 20th day of December, 1887, in the county of El Paso, and state of Colorado, and at the time of the injuries complained of, was in the employ of the said defendant as brakeman, and was engaged at said Eanceville Junction, in said county, in coupling freight cars for the said defendant, as by the nature…
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Appeal from JDisúriet Oowrl of Arapahoe Oowni/y. The plaintiff’s cause of action as stated in Ms complaint, omitting the formal allegation, is as follows: The plaintiff on the 20th day of December, 1887, in the county of El Paso, and state of Colorado, and at the time of the injuries complained of, was in the employ of the said defendant as brakeman, and was engaged at said Eanceville Junction, in said county, in coupling freight cars for the said defendant, as by the nature and terms of Ms employment he was required to do; and that it then and there became and was the duty of said defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hayt
In the court below appellee, as plaintiff, obtained judgment for the sum of $800 for bodily injuries sustained by him while in the employ of appellant in the capacity of brakeman upon its railroad. It is shown by the record that at the time of the accident appellant was operating a line of railroad in this state between the cities of Denver and Pueblo; that appellee was in its employ as brakeman on one of its freight trains running between said points; that upon the morning of the day of the accident the train upon which appellee was employed left the city of Denver going south upon schedule…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Wells v. CoeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1886
- Denver, S. P. & P. R. v. DriscollSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
- International & Great Northern Railroad v. DoyleTexas Supreme Court · 1878
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