Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 10, 1943No. Civ. No. 6752PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeek, J.
The defendant Southern Pacific Company, a Kentucky corporation, appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, and against it alone.
The record discloses that shortly before midnight on the evening of September 7, the plaintiffs, while returning from the State Fair in Sacramento to their home at Loomis, collided with a train operated by appellant. The plaintiffs were traveling in an easterly direction along U. S. Highway No. 40, which is a main traveled two lane continental highway approximately twenty feet in width. The main line tracks of defendant Southern Pacific are immediately to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Metropolitan Casualty Insurance v. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- McAllister v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Hinkle v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Heintz v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1944
- Connors v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1949
- Singh v. CorbinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- Heintz v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1944
- Heintz v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1944
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