Legal Opinion

Pierce v. Great Falls & Canada Railway Co.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1899No. 1,056PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from, District Court, Cascade County; C. II. Benton, Judge. Action by Mary Pierce against the Great Falls & Canada Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, and an order refusing a new trial, plaintiff appeals.

1Per curiam

Having' suffered personal injuries by the derailment of a car in which, as a passenger, she was being carried by the Great Falls & Canada Railway Company, Mary Pierce brought this action to recover $20,000 as damages therefor. ,)

The complaint contains the following allegations of negligence: “That while said plaintiff was such passenger on said car, at or near a station or place known as ‘Sweet Grass, ’ in Teton county, Montana, on the said defendant’s railway in the *446said state of Montana, the said car was derailed, thrown from the track of the said railway, overturned and burned; that said…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. BeggsIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Price v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1880
  3. Schneider v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
  4. Wilson v. Southern Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1882
  5. Atchison v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1883

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Escallier v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Monson v. La France Copper Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Frederick v. HaleMontana Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Flaherty v. Butte Electric Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Robinson v. Helena Light & Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1909

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