Legal Opinion

Missouri, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. Smith

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 24, 1916No. 5063PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Error from District Court„ Pontotoc County; Tom D. McKeown, Judge. Action by Pleas E. Smith against the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

BROWN, C.

The defendant in error will be hereinafter called the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error will be hereinafter called the defendant, in accord with their respective titles in the trial court.

The plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant for $875 for personal injuries which he claims he received by slipping and falling on one of the defendant’s cars while he was a passenger thereon traveling from Wapanucka to Durant, Okla.; said defendant being a railroad company and a common carrier of passengers for hire.

The first assignment of error raises- the question as to…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Stephenson v. S. Pac. Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Snyder v. StriblingSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1907
  3. Grant v. MilamSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  4. Wm. Cameron & Co. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  5. St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Newman v. Great Shoshone & Twin Falls Water Power Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Willoughby v. City of Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
  3. Harrod v. SandersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
  4. Union Savings Ass'n v. CumminsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  5. Fry v. WolfeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924

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