St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Hill
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. Appellee was guilty of contributory negligence. 36 Ark. 371; 47 Ark.-497;- 49 Ark. 257; .46 Ark. 513; 50 Ark. 477; 54 Ark. 431; 56 Ark. 255; 61 Ark. 549762 Ark. 235, 273, 156; 56 Ark. 433; 84 Ind. 333; 42 N. J. 180; 25 Mich. 290; 23 Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. Appellee was guilty of contributory negligence. 36 Ark. 371; 47 Ark.-497;- 49 Ark. 257; .46 Ark. 513; 50 Ark. 477; 54 Ark. 431; 56 Ark. 255; 61 Ark. 549762 Ark. 235, 273, 156; 56 Ark. 433; 84 Ind. 333; 42 N. J. 180; 25 Mich. 290; 23 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. 317; 37 Id. 516; 59 Mich. 257; 40 Ohio St. 338; 157 Mass. 336; 95 U. S. 697; 65 N. W. 447. There is no proof of negligence on the part of the engineer. 69 Ark. 382; 92 Ala. 270; 11 Ark. 236; 56 Ark. 13; 31 Ark. 43. Defendant was liable if the decedent’s situation was discovered by the engineer in time to have…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCuiaoch, J.
These two suits were brought against appellant railway company to recover damages resulting from the death of Mary G. Hill. She was run over by a switch engine of appellant in the railroad yards in Argenta, sustaining serious injury, from which she died about eight hours later. Appellee was her husband, and in one suit seeks to recover for damages sustained by him as husband by the alleged wrongful killing of his wife, and in the other he sues as administrator of his wife’s estate to recover for the pain and suffering endured by the deceased by reason of the injury.
The allegation in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- St. L., I. M. & S. Ry. v. RiceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1888
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. KilpatrickSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
- Merchants' Exchange Co. v. SandersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
3Cited by9 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. RainesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Goset v. GosetSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. BunchSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Burns v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
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