Legal Opinion
Arizona Eastern Railroad v. Matthews
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1919No. Civil No. 1660PublishedCited by 36 opinions
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the - county of Maricopa. R. C. Stanford, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
Appellee sued the appellant railroad company for damages for personal injury. Omitting formal parts, the complaint is as follows:
“III. That on or about April 5, 1916, defendant was by its servants and employees engaged in installing platform scales on a platform of defendant’s freight depot located in the city of Phoenix, Arizona; that the work was not finished on that day, but by night of said day the work had progressed to such an extent that about eight square feet of said flooring of said depot platform had been removed and that said platform floor was about five feet from the ground, and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- McNicol's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Briesenmeister v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias of the WorldMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Burgess v. Sims Drug Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Callahan v. St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Arizona & New Mexico Railway Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by36 opinions
- State v. ThomasArizona Supreme Court · 1954
- State v. MinceyArizona Supreme Court · 1984
- City of Phoenix v. YatesArizona Supreme Court · 1949
- Consolidated Arizona Smelting Co. v. EgichArizona Supreme Court · 1920
- Western Coal & Mining Co. v. HilvertArizona Supreme Court · 1945
31 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.