Morris v. Duluth, S. S. & A. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
In the early morning of April 6, 1899, while it was yet dark, the plaintiff, John Morris, who was the head bralternan of a crew of employés of the defendant, the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company, stepped in between two cars which were moving along a side track at the rate of four miles an hour, and walked along with them, for the purpose of uncoupling them, until he stubbed his toes against the blocking of a guard rail, fell, and was so injured that he lost one of his legs, lie sued the railway company for negligence in the construction of the blocking…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gowen v. HarleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
- Russell v. TillotsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Cunningham v. Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1883
- Gleason v. Detroit, G. H. & M. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- English v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1885
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- Chicago, B. & Q. R. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- Brady v. Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
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