Legal Opinion
Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1927No. 5038PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error by the defendant railroad company to review a judgment of the United States District Court in Arizona in favor of plaintiff, who was seriously itíjurod in a collision at a grade crossing in New Mexico.
The complaint alleged that the crossing where the accident occurred was dangerous, because view of approaching trains was cut off and obstructed by cuts, curves, and configuration of the ground; that the highway was negligently constructed, in that the tracks were on a grade 8 or 9 feet above the level at the point of crossing the tracks; that the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Pritchard v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Slater v. Mexican National RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. BabcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Barrett v. Virginian Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Julius Klugman's Sons, Inc. v. Oceanic Steam Nav. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1930
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