Legal Opinion

Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Co. v. Talbot

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided May 20, 1896No. 6579PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Error from tbe district court of Boone county. Tried below before Thompson, J. References: Piper v. Chicago, M. é St. P. R. Go., 46 N. W. Rep. [Wis.], 167; Guggenheim v. Lake Shore & M. S. R. Go., 33 N. W. Rep. [Mich..], 161; Breckenfelder v. Lake Shore & M. S. R. Go., 44 N. W. Rep. [Mich.], 957; Hendrickson v. Great N. R. Go., 51 N. W. Rep. [Minn.], 1044; Pennsylva/nia R. Go. v. Ogier, 35 Pa.

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Error from tbe district court of Boone county. Tried below before Thompson, J. References: Piper v. Chicago, M. é St. P. R. Go., 46 N. W. Rep. [Wis.], 167; Guggenheim v. Lake Shore & M. S. R. Go., 33 N. W. Rep. [Mich..], 161; Breckenfelder v. Lake Shore & M. S. R. Go., 44 N. W. Rep. [Mich.], 957; Hendrickson v. Great N. R. Go., 51 N. W. Rep. [Minn.], 1044; Pennsylva/nia R. Go. v. Ogier, 35 Pa. St., 71;' Cahill v. Cincinnati, N. 0. & T. R. Go., 18 S. W. Rep. [Ky.], 3; Ramsey v. Louisville, G. & L. R. Go., 20 S. W. Rep. [Ky.], 162; Bates v. Hew York & N. E. R. Co., 22 Atl. Rep. [Conn.], 538.

1Opinion of the Court

Rag-an, C.

About 11 o’clock in the forenoon of the 20th of May, 1892, William Patten and James B. Talbot were riding in an uncovered spring wagon, drawn by two ponies, on a public highway in Boone county Avhich crossed at grade the track of the Omaha & Republican Yalley Railway Company, hereinafter called the “Yalley Company.” Patten handled the lines, or did the driving. At the time the wagon was passing over the railway tracks it was struck by a locomotive engine of the Yalley Company pulling a passenger train bound northwest, and Talbot was injured. He brought this suit in the district'…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Elliott v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Prideaux v. City of Mineral PointWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. GrablinNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. MetcalfNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Schmolze v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1893

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  2. Kokesh v. PriceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
  3. Stevens v. LutherNebraska Supreme Court · 1920
  4. McKernan v. Detroit Citizens' Street-Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1904
  5. The LafayetteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920

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