Legal Opinion
Russell v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 17, 1957No. 49253PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
About 8:45 p.m. on January 11, 1955, the plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile owned and driven by Calvin Petersen, vsdnch collided with a car of a standing freight train of the defendant Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company at a grade crossing on Olive Street in Atlantic, Iowa. The plaintiff sustained injuries for which he claims damages. Petersen and the conductor and engineer of the train were made defendants in the action, but were removed from it by directed verdicts and no complaint is made of these rulings. The issues here are solely between the plaintiff and the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Lawson v. FordyceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1943
- Morrison v. CarpenterMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
- Langston v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1947
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- State v. RhodesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1999
- Corkery v. GreenbergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
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