Legal Opinion

Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Shupe

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 14, 1955No. 17446PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lindsley

Plaintiff in error was defendant in the trial court, and defendant.in error was plaintiff. We will refer to the parties as they there appeared.

This is an action for damages resulting from a collision of plaintiff’s truck with defendant’s locomotive.

Plaintiff in his complaint alleged that defendant negligently operated one of its locomotives in such a manner as to cause a collision and as a result thereof plaintiff suffered damage. Defendant in its answer denied negligence on its part; alleged that the damages, if any, were solely the result of plaintiff’s negligence; and also that if…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Carr v. BoydSupreme Court of Colorado · 1951
  2. Colorado & Southern Railway Co. v. HonakerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1933

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Zamora v. SmalleyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Mayer v. SampsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1965
  3. Miller v. BrazelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
  4. Celebrities Bowling, Inc. v. ShattuckSupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
  5. Cudney v. MooreSupreme Court of Colorado · 1967

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