Legal Opinion

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Wilgus

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1894No. 5689PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error from the district court of Custer county. Tried below before Neville, J.

1Opinion of the Court

Irvine, C.

Minnie M. Wilgus was killed through a collision of two freight trains on the plaintiff in error’s road at Mullen *661and this action was brought by her father as administrator' to recover damages on account of her death. Tiie accident' was the same which resulted in the death of John K.' Wymore, and the opinion in the case of Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Wymore, 40 Neb., 645, contains a full-statement of the facts. The evidence in this case dif- ' fered but slightly from that in the Wymore case. Upon' the trial of this case one witness testified that the switch key in question had failed…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. WymoreNebraska Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. MetcalfNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  2. McCarthy v. New York, N. H. & H. R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
  3. Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Co. v. WrightNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Krummack v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Langenfeld v. Union Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1909

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