Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1947No. 5583PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The complete collapse of a bridge which carried the public highway over the tracks of the Southern Railway Company at Fair-fax Station, Virginia, caused the death on the morning of June 4, 1944, of Robert V. Hamilton, a member of the armed forces of the United States who was rifling- at the time in an army truck that was one of a convoy of 84 one-and-one-lialf ton trucks cn route from Fort Belvoir to Big Meadows in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. The suit was brought by his administratrix against the Railway Company which was under a duty to construct and maintain the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- McCloskey Ex Rel. McCloskey v. KoplarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- Albritton v. . HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
- Wood v. North Carolina Public-Service Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
- Sigmon v. MundyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
- Bagwell v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Dietze v. KingDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1960
- Comer v. Smith's Transfer Corp. Of Staunton, Va.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Hunt v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1956