Legal Opinion

Wilhelm v. Missouri, O. & G. Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 9, 1915No. 5360PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Error from District Court, Bryan County; Jesse M. Hatchett, Judge. Action by Mrs. E. J. Wilhelm against the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

BRETT, C.

The material facts in this case are that on November 18, 1911, ixi the town of Kene-fick, Okla., S. T. Wilhelm was run over by cars on the tracks of the defendant in error, the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company, and killed. The evidence shows that the deceased was walking along a side track, which ever since the- railroad was built, has been used by persons living in a certain vicinity as a near cut in going from the east to the west part of Kenefick and returning; that the town was built principally on the west side of the track, and that these persons had thus…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Morgan v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
  4. Palmer v. Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Barry v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. AustinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. Julian v. Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
  3. St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. HodgeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  4. St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  5. Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. v. WolfSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919

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