Legal Opinion
Margie Gilreath v. Southern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1963No. 15041PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Margie Gilreath, as widow of William Roy Gilreath, brought suit against defendants-appellees, Southern Railway Company and Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company to recover damages for his claimed wrongful death. The District Judge granted defendants’ motion for a directed verdict made at the close of plaintiff’s proofs. Prom the judgment entered upon such directed verdict, plaintiff takes this appeal.
This is a case where a person was found, fatally injured, lying between the rails of a railroad track, without (as the case stood when the verdict…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Dick v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Lovas v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Law v. Louisville N.R. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1943
- George Dickerson v. Shepard Warner Elevator Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Lones v. Detroit, Toledo And Ironton Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
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