Legal Opinion

Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Jackson

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 3, 1894No. 424PublishedCited by 36 opinions

In Error to the United States Court in the Indian Territory. This was an. action by Jo Jackson against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff recovered a verdict in the circuit court.

1Opinion of the Court

THAYER, Circuit Judge.

This case comes on writ of error from the United States court in the Indian Territory. The plaintiff, Jo Jackson, who is the- defendant in error here, brought a suit against *49the plaintiff in error, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Ré Railway Company, for personal injuries said to have been sustained by him in the month of September, 1891, while he was helping to tear up and relay a portion of the defendant company’s railroad track near Purcell, on the hank of the South Canadian river, in the Indian Territory. The testimony shows that the railroad track at that place had been…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Armour v. HahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. NeedhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
  3. Anderson v. BennettOregon Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. SchroederSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
  5. Kelly v. Erie Telegraph & Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. DuranSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. American Bridge Co. v. SeedsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  3. Finalyson v. Utica Mining & Milling Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  4. Cully v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Heald v. WallaceTennessee Supreme Court · 1902

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