Shane v. Butte Electric Ry. Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Jeremiah J. Lynch, Judge. Personal injury action by Guy Shane against the Bntte Electric Eailway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying it a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
In 1905 the Butte Electric Railway Company owned and operated a line of street-cars propelled by electricity between Columbia Gardens and Butte City. This street-ear line crossed the line of the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company at Iron street and Utah avenue, in Butte. On the night of August 20, 1905, a collision occurred at this place of intersection between a street-ear owned and operated by the street railway company and a freight train operated by the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company. The electric car carried a large number of passengers, some of whom were killed and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lombardi v. California Street Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1899
- First National Bank v. CarrollMontana Supreme Court · 1907
- Quill v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1903
- Fitts v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1906
- People v. GehrCalifornia Supreme Court · 1857
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Rand v. Butte Electric Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1910
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