Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 31, 1941PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Stone
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee (hereinafter designated as plaintiff), a resident of Covington, Kentucky, while employed as a switchman by appellant (hereinafter designated as defendant), in the Decoursey Yards, near Covington, Kentucky, was injured on the third day of July 1938 by the alleged negligence of defendant, in being knocked from the top of a ladder on the side of a freight car that he was then engaged in switching, thrown to the ground and injured. He brought suit in the city court of East St. Louis in St. Clair county, under the provision of…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KuhnSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Walldren Express & Van Co. v. KrugIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. HarveyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Gauger v. MillsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1950
- State v. O'DELLMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Mitchell v. L. N.R.R. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1942
- Mitchell v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1942