Brannock v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Eon, Jas, L, Fort, Judge. (1) The failure to block the frogs and guardrails in appellant’s railroad yards, was not the proximate cause of the injuries to respondent’s husband.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Eon, Jas, L, Fort, Judge. (1) The failure to block the frogs and guardrails in appellant’s railroad yards, was not the proximate cause of the injuries to respondent’s husband. Stepp v. Railroad, 85 Mo. 229; Mathiason v. Mayer, 90 Mo. 585; Kennedy v. Railroad, 70 Mo. 352; Rutledge v. Railroad, 110 Mo. 312; Henry v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 294;. McGrath v. Transit Co., 197 Mo. 94; Warner v. Railroad, 178 Mo. 133; Epperson v. Telegraph Co., 155 Mo. 346; Evans & Howard Brick Co. v. Railroad, 17 Mo. App. 624; Hudson v. Railroad, 32 Mo. App. 667; Brown v. Railroad, 20…
1Opinion of the Court
GOODE, J.-
Plaintiff’s former husband was killed by one or two of defendant’s freight cars running over him on January 10, 1903. The deceased was then and had been for four or five months a switchman in defendant’s railroad yards in the city of Cape Girardeau, and it was part of his duty to couple and uncouple cars while trains were being made up or changed on the tracks in the yards. In the performance of this duty he attempted to uncouple two freight cars from a train of eleven cars which was in backward motion at the rate of four to six miles an hour, and held together by couplers with…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Curtis v. McNairSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Gilbert v. Burlington, C. R. & N. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Deming v. DarlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Lore v. American Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. VoelkerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
33 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by5 opinions
- Stack v. General Baking Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1920
- Saunders v. Crusader Life Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1967
- Johnson v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
- Lincoln v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1928
- Pabst Brewing Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1925