Legal Opinion

Burles v. Oregon Short Line R. R.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1914No. 3,372PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1'Appeal from District Court, Beaverhead County; J. B. Poindexter, Judge. 'Action by E. L. Buries, as administrator of Goldie May Buries, deceased, against the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway

This action was prosecuted by the administrator of the estate-of Goldie May Buries, deceased, to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by her during her lifetime as the proximate result of defendants’ refusal to stop train No. 3 at Barrett’s Station on June 27, 1910, and carry her to Butte. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendants appealed.

At the time this cause of action arose, Barrett’s was a station on the main line of defendant company’s road, and train No. 3, bound for Butte, was scheduled to stop there upon being flagged. On June…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. North Chicago Street Railroad v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Williams v. . VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
  3. Williams v. Carolina & Western RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  4. Phillips v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
  5. Arzaga v. VillalbaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  5. Champlin Refining Co. v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937

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