Grandpre v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Action for personal injuries. Respondent Railway Company owned and operated a pumping plant at Bristol, which was equipped with a gasoline engine having two drive pulleys, one operating an air compressor lifting water from a deep well into a reservoir, the other operating a pump conveying water from the reservoir into a tank for the use of locomotice engines. The drive pulley on the gas engine was 18 inches wide, accommodating the shifting- of the belt from a 6-inch, tight pulley to a 6-inch loose pulley on the pump. ’ Shifting the belt ordinarily had been effected by the use of a loose rod…
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- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArchibaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Gibson v. . Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- O'Maley v. South Boston Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Maloney v. . Cunard Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Barron v. YostNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1891
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- Focht v. JohnsonWashington Supreme Court · 1957