Legal Opinion
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 4, 1905PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeals from Sebastian Circuit Court; Greenwood District. The demurrers to the indictments should be dismissed. 55 Ark. 200; 56 Ark. 166; 63 Ark. 200; 68 Ark. 561; 63 Ark. 136. The motion to make indictments more specific should have been sustained. 59 Ark. 169; 69 Ark. 365; 66 Ark. 278. Refusa.l to give instruction No. 1 was error. 43 Ark. 415; 38 Ark. 519; 40 Ark. 97; 67 Ark. 357; 75 S. W. 929. Confession of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
The same question is involved in the above four cases. The same pleadings were filed in each case, and substantially the same evidence was adduced in them.
On January 11, 1902, the following complaint, in the form of an indictment, was filed:
“The grand jury of Sebastian County for the Greenwood District thereof, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas, accuse the defendant, Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company, of the crime of failing to ring bell or sound whistle at public road crossing, committed as follows, towit: The said defendant, a corporation, owning and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. Railroad Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909