St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. v. Sanford
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Geo. W. Clark, Judge. Action by Eliza J. Sanford against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Geo. W. Clark, Judge. Action by Eliza J. Sanford against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. The appeal in this.case is taken from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff by the district court of Oklahoma county in the sum of $1,500. The petition, in substance, alleges as followsThat the defendant is a corporation, organized and existing under the laws of Missouri, with a line of railroad extending from the city of Vernon, in the State of Texas, to the city of Hobart, in the State…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
DEVEREUX, C.
(after stating the facts .as above). There is no question raised in the brief as to the admissibility of the evidence or the charge of the trial court, the only question argued being the refusal of the court to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant, on the ground that undér the facts above set out it was not liable, and that the suit should have been brought against the St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Company. This raises the question as to the liability of the railroad company which is operating the road of another corporation to ' one who assumes the…
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