Richmond v. Southern Pacific Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Arthur L. Frazer, Judge. Action for damages by F. L. Richmond against the Southern Pacific Company, resulting in a judgment for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury. The facts are that plaintiff, having secured from the defendant a 3,000-mile passenger ticket over certain parts of its lines of railway, at 2V2 cents a mile, subscribed his name to the following stipulation, among others, indorsed thereon, to wit: “When used upon any freight train designated to carry passengers, the Southern Pacific Co. is absolved from all liability as a common carrier for loss of life, personal injury, or loss or damage of baggage or property of the party so using this ticket.” The plaintiff, while riding as a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Bates v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. KeeferIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
- Forepaugh v. Del. R., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1889
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