St. Louis & S. F. R. v. Furry
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. This was an action by Warren G. Furry, a railroad fireman, who sued his employer, the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, the plaintiff in error, for injuries sustained in a collision between two freight trains on October 17, 1897. The circumstances which occasioned the collision were these: Train known as second 38, on which the plaintiff below was a fireman, arrived at…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. This was an action by Warren G. Furry, a railroad fireman, who sued his employer, the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, the plaintiff in error, for injuries sustained in a collision between two freight trains on October 17, 1897. The circumstances which occasioned the collision were these: Train known as second 38, on which the plaintiff below was a fireman, arrived at Springdale, Ark., at 8:35 a. m. on October 17, 1897, and took the side track at that station to await the passage of a…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
On February 28, 1893, the legislature of the state of Arkansas passed an act, the material parts of which, as now contained in Sand. & H. Dig. St. Ark., are as follows:
“Sec. 6248. All persons engaged in the service of any railway corporations, foreign or domestic, doing business in this state, who are entrusted by such corporation with the authority of superintendence, control or command of other persons in the employ or service of such corporation, or with the authority to direct any other employé, in the performance of any duty of such employé, are vice-principals of such corporation, and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. MorandaIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Joliet Steel Co. v. ShieldsIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Madden's Adm'r v. C. & O. Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
- Railway Co. v. TriplettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
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- Strottman v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Fordyce v. KeySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905