Legal Opinion
Reetz v. Chicago & ER Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1931No. 5596PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, District Judge.
Appellant’s decedent, Gustav T. Reetz, was a freight conductor on appellee’s railroad, and as such in charge of a tqain operating from Huntington, Ind., to Chicago. At a point near Bolivar, Ind., the train parted due to the breaking of couplers and drawbars, this breaking the air line and bringing the train to a stop. Reetz and O’Dier, the brakeman, were at the time in the caboose. The track at this point runs east and west, the train being headed west. Reetz and O’Dier secured their lanterns and started westwardly along the train on the north side, endeavoring to…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. CooganSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. GotschallSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. LaytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. KoskeSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Johnson v. Kosmos Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
- New York, New Haven & Hartford R. Co. v. LearyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1953
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