Legal Opinion

Railroad v. Meacham

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1892PublishedCited by 14 opinions

ER.0M WEAKLEY. Appeal in error from. Circuit Court of 'Weakley County. W. H. Swiggart, J.

1Opinion of the CourtLea, J.

This action was brought in the Circuit Court of Weakley County by James M. Meacham to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him as the result of an injury inflicted on him by reason of a collision of two trains. It is alleged that the injury inflicted was' caused by the carelessness and negligence of the employes, agents, and servants of the railroad company in charge of and operating said trains.

The train upon which defendant in error was riding, and in jumping from which he was in-, jured, was a timber-train, upon which no persons were allowed to be carried except the employes…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Westborne Coal Co. v. WilloughbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Louisville & N. R. v. WomackCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1909
  3. Morgan v. Oregon Short Line RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Sands v. Southern Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Union Ry. Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951

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