Southern Pac. Co. v. Ward
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Frank H. Rudkin, Judge. _ - _ Action at law by John Wilbur Ward against the Southern Pacific Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for damages growing out of the alleged negligent crushing of the leg of the defendant in error under a passenger train of the Southern Pacific Company. Verdict in favor of defendant in error, and the Southern Pacific Company brings error.
The injury occurred at the railroad station of the Southern Pacific Company at Paso Robles, Cal., on October 8, 1910, at about 11 p. m. Soldiers of the United States regular army and the state militia were engaged in joint maneuvers near Atascadero, a few miles south of Paso Robles; between 5,000 and 10,000 men…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Richmond & Danville Railroad v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Barrett v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1891
- Hollingsworth Magniac v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
- Taylor v. Pennsylvania Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio · 1892
- Muhlhause v. Monongahela Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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