Legal Opinion
Sheaf v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1947No. 13488PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Carl Sheaf, a railroad conductor, brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51, against the defendant railroad company and C. Johnson, a railroad engineer, for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a result of an alleged unprovoked attack made upon him by Johnson in the yards of the company at the town of Balta, North Dakota, on May 31, 1946. At the time of the injury complained of both Sheaf and Johnson were employed by the company in the operation of a train in interstate commerce.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Gary C. Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
- Abraham v. S. E. Onorato GaragesHawaii Supreme Court · 1968
- John Slaughter v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- George Copeland v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
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