Legal Opinion
Condran v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1895No. 487PublishedCited by 19 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa. This was an action by Margaret Condran, as administratrix of Henry Condran, deceased, again!-1 the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company to recover damages for the death of the intestate. In the circuit court judgment was rendered for the defendant. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.
The case is stated by Judge Shiras, who tried it in the circuit court, in his charge to the jury as follows:
“In the case now on trial before you it appears from the undisputed evidence in the case that on the evening of June 16, 1891, a passenger train on the defendant’s line of railway was derailed at or near a bridge crossing the Coon river, not far from the town of Coon Rapids, in this state; that Henry Condran was on the train when it was derailed, and was instantly killed; that the plaintiff is the administratrix of his estate, and that she brings this suit to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Rose v. Des Moines Valley R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1874
- Masser v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Johnson v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Robertson v. New York & Erie Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1856
- Prince v. I. & G. N. R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by19 opinions
- City of Manning v. German Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Bondurant's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Purple v. Union Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- United States v. McDonaldDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1923
- Broyles v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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