Legal Opinion

St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Ry. Co. v. Schuerman

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 17, 1916No. 4664PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri;. David P. Dyer, Judge. Action by William J. Schuerman against the St. Louis Merchants’ Bridge Terminal Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

The defendant in error was the plaintiff below and the plaintiff in error was the defendant and they will he *3styled as in the District Court. The defendant, the St.- Douis Merchants’ Bridge Terminal Railway Company, was' engaged in interstate commerce at the time here in question between St. Douis, Mo., and East St. Douis, Ill., and the plaintiff, William J. Schuerman, was in its employ as.a switch foreman and was employed in switching cars engaged in interstate commerce. On the night of January 13, 1914, he was directed to switch, among others, two cars, a Merchants’…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  5. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Lehigh Valley R. v. ScanlonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
  2. Peters v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  3. United States v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio R.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1948
  4. Edge v. City of EverettDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 2022
  5. Ortez Reyes v. United States Citizenship and Immigration ServicesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2024

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