Legal Opinion
United States v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1948No. 3701PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
Certain railway tracks within Fort Sill, a military reservation in Oklahoma, were owned by the United States, were maintained by the Army, and were used by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company as a common carrier in the performance of its services within the fort. Ernest Eitel was employed as a brakeman for the company. An engine of the company was moving along one of the tracks in the course of its operational activities. Eitel was riding on the footboard of the engine giving signals to the engineer. A pile of hardened blacktop material was lying…
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