Legal Opinion
Westcott v. Chicago Great Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 14, 1923No. 23,543PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lees,, C.
Action for damages for the death of John D. Derby, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and defendant appealed from a denial of its motion in the alternative for judgment or a new trial.
The accident happened in appellant’s railroad yard at Hayfield in this state. Derby was on his way to the roundhouse on the west side of the yard, where he operated the pump by which the water tank was filled. He lived east of the yard and near Grove street. This street ended at the east side of the yard and nearly opposite the roundhouse. Many of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Erie Railroad Company v. WinfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- St. Louis Cordage Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Masters v. New York Central Rd.Ohio Supreme Court · 1947
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- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Stritzke v. Chicago Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
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