Legal Opinion
Illinois Terminal R. Co. v. Creek
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1953No. 14864PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
David Wayne Creek, a nine year old boy, on April 24, 1951, while trespassing on the right-of-way of the Illinois Terminal Railroad Company, in the subway under Twelfth Street, in St. Louis, Mis souri, ran head on into the side of a moving electric passenger streetcar of the Company and was seriously injured. He brought this action to recover damages for his injuries, in reliance upon the Missouri humanitarian rule of negligence. He asserted, in substance, that the operator of the electric car, after observing the plaintiff (appellee) in a position of imminent peril,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Coca Cola Bottling Co. Of Black Hills v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- Goldstein v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Russell v. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Womack v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
- Pentecost v. St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Saul Henry Davis, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
- La Barge Water Well Supply Company, a Corporation v. United States of America, La Barge Pipe Line Supply Company, a Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Bonnie Hobbs v. Lloyd Allen RenickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- Kansas City Public Service Co. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- Wabash R. Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
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