Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Tripp
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of North Dakota; Charles E. Amidon, Judge. Action by L. A. Tripp against the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
T. C. MUNGER, District Judge.
The defendant in error had a verdict and judgment against the plaintiff in error in an action for negligence. For convenience the parties will hereafter be referred to as plaintiff and defendant, as they appeared in the trial court.
At the town of Sheldon, N. D., the defendant maintained four railway tracks running east and west over a public highway which crossed the tracks at right angles thereto. The center of the most southerly of the tracks, called the “house track,” was 13 feet from the center of the track next north, called the “passing track,” and from the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Elliott v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Brommer v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1910
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- Davis v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
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- Central Indiana Railway Co. v. WishardIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
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