Legal Opinion
Turnbull v. New Orleans & C. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1903No. 1,186PublishedCited by 12 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, at New Orleans. Q
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error has assigned many alleged errors in the action of the Circuit Court on the trial of this case. We will notice only one of them. It is stated in these words:
“The court erred in refusing to charge the jury, as requested by plaintiff, as follows: ‘In an action like this for damages against a railroad company by the surviving parent for the injury, suffering, and loss of his son, run over and killed "by a car of the defendant company, the defense of contributory negligence will not avail if, by reasonable care on the part of those in charge of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. IvesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. TolsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- McGuire v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- Lampkin v. McCormickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Cowden v. Shreveport Belt Railway Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
3Cited by12 opinions
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- Great Northern Ry. Co. v. HarmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
- Miranda v. Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1931
- The PlymouthCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1911
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