Legal Opinion

Kelly v. DeQueen & Eastern Railroad

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 3, 1927PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMehaeey, J.

The plaintiff, Wiley Kelly, administrator of the estate of Earl Brewer, deceased, brings suit against the DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Company, alleging that said railway company, on the 18th day of May, 19'26, negligently backed or switched its train against two box-cars and that said box-cars were struck with such force that they ran over Earl Brewer and killed him. That said Earl Brewer was either sitting or standing on the track.

There is only one witness who testifies about the accident or who was where he could see the said Earl Brewer when he was struck, and that is witness K. Bledsoe.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. GibsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
  2. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. GibsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
  3. Central Railway Co. v. LindleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. John Munson Morris Margaret Morris v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
  2. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929
  3. Jemell v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
  4. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. CrickSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
  5. Mo. Pac. R.R. v. HarelsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964

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