Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Bell
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Tibbets, J. cited: Graft v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 8 Atl. Rep. [Pa.], 206; Spitze-v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 23 Atl. Rep. [Md.], 308; Ozoens v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 35 Fed. Rep., 718; State v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 36 Fed. Rep., 655; Fuller v. Baltimore & Ohio Employes’ Relief Association, 67 Md., 433; Kinney v. Baltimore & Ohio Employes' Relief Association, 53 Am. & Eng.
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Error from the district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Tibbets, J. cited: Graft v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 8 Atl. Rep. [Pa.], 206; Spitze-v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 23 Atl. Rep. [Md.], 308; Ozoens v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 35 Fed. Rep., 718; State v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 36 Fed. Rep., 655; Fuller v. Baltimore & Ohio Employes’ Relief Association, 67 Md., 433; Kinney v. Baltimore & Ohio Employes' Relief Association, 53 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. [W. Ya.], 34; Johnson v. Philadelphia & R. R. Co., 29 Atl. Rep. [Pa.], 854; Ringle v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 30 Atl. Rep. [Pa.], 492. cited:…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
Joseph Bell sued the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (hereinafter called the “Railroad Company”) in the district court of Lancaster county for damages. As a cause of action he alleged that on the 13th of December, 1890, he was a switchman in the employ of the Railroad Company at New Castle, in the state of Wyoming; that as such switchman it was his duty to couple freight and passenger cars with the locomotive engines of the Railroad Company, and in order to do so to step inside the rails and between the engine and the car to which it was to be coupled; that it had been…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. WymoreNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
- Shamp v. MeyerNebraska Supreme Court · 1886
- Homan v. Steele, Johnson & Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1886
- Pryor v. HunterNebraska Supreme Court · 1891
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- King v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Eckman v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Harrison v. Alabama Midland Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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