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Chicago & E. I. Ry. Co. v. Sellars

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 30, 1925No. 6790PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SYMES, District Judge.

This suit results from a railroad crossing accident at Haub-stadt, Ind., on the night of August 26, 1922. A fast passenger train, operated by the plaintiff in error (defendant below), struck an automobile and killed instantly the wife of the plaintiff below, defendant in error here. He sued as the administrator of her estate and recovered a verdict.

We will first consider two questions of law that arose in the course of the trial.

The jury, after it had been out for some time, returned into court and received certain additional instructions upon the law. After further…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Northern Pacific Railroad v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Bradley v. Missouri Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  4. Atchison, T. &. S. F. Ry. Co. v. McNultyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922
  5. Hill v. Wabash Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. United States v. Darwin Clark BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  2. United States v. James Hugh RogersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
  3. Roth v. SwansonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
  4. Gideon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  5. Gulf, M. & O.R. Co. v. FreundCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950

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