Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. West
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Dowt, Muskogee County; John H. King, Judge. Action by Ivolue B. West against tbe Missouri, Kansas & Texas Eailway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. ,
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
This was an action for damages for personal injuries resulting in death, commenced by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, against the plaintiff in error, defendant below. The deceased was the husband of the plaintiff, and the injury which resulted in his death was occasioned by a collision between passenger train No. 5, commonly called the “Katy Flyer,” and* freight train No. 34.- The primary cause of the collision was the violation of a dispatcher’s train order by train No. 34, whereby the freight train, which was north bound, departed from the yards at Muskogee ahead of time and on the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co. v. SealeSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- McCluskey v. . CromwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Powell v. Construction Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- Redfield v. Oakland Consolidated Street Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1895
- Saint Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. CleereSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
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