Chaddick v. Lindsay
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Oklahoma County. STATEMENT OE EAÓTS. The plaintiff, Lindsay, was a brakeman of the plaintiff in error company at the time referred to in the petition. It was bis duty to assist passengers off and on the trains and to aid in the loading and unloading of baggage. On the morning of July 5, 1892, there was a passenger from Oklahoma City, who had a trunk to be carried to the town of Yukon.
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Error from the District Court of Oklahoma County. STATEMENT OE EAÓTS. The plaintiff, Lindsay, was a brakeman of the plaintiff in error company at the time referred to in the petition. It was bis duty to assist passengers off and on the trains and to aid in the loading and unloading of baggage. On the morning of July 5, 1892, there was a passenger from Oklahoma City, who had a trunk to be carried to the town of Yukon. He was told by the bag-gageman that the company would not check his trunk, but would carry it to Yukon for him and deliver it to him, there on the ground, at his own risk, he to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McAtee, J.:
Over the objection of the plaintiffs in error the court instructed the jury, that:
“It is the duty of every railroad company, having and operating a line of road within this territory, or those having charge of its affairs, to furnish sufficient accommodations for property, such as trunks, at all stopping places established within said territory for receiving or discharging such property; and if you shall believe from the evidence that defendants knowingly neglected and failed to furnish such accommodations at the town of Yukon, and that said…
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