Legal Opinion
Sherman v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 7, 1939No. Civ. 10724PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWard, J.
This is an appeal by defendant from a judg ment in favor of plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of Buel M. Sherman, deceased, for the death of her husband. The action was prosecuted under the authority of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A. 51) and specifically arose from an alleged violation of the Federal Boiler Inspection Act (45 U. S. C. A. 23).
Sherman was regularly employed by the appellant company as a “herder” to supervise the removal of engines from a roundhouse located at Watsonville Junction in this state, and the attachment of such engines to cars. Prior to…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Adair v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. SettleSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Showalter v. Western Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Newkirk v. Los Angeles Junction Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1942
- Miller v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1953
- Beam v. Baltimore & Ohio Rd.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1945
- Gillespie v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
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