Legal Opinion

Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Ford

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided May 12, 1906No. Civil No. 858PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the County of Maricopa. Edward Kent, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. Upon the facts shown by the record, plaintiff, while on defendant’s caboose, was a bare licensee, to whom defendant owed no duty other than refraining from wantonly or willfully injuring him. 1 Kinkead Com. on Torts, see. 323; 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 2d ed., p. 736; St. Louis etc. By.

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APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the County of Maricopa. Edward Kent, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. Upon the facts shown by the record, plaintiff, while on defendant’s caboose, was a bare licensee, to whom defendant owed no duty other than refraining from wantonly or willfully injuring him. 1 Kinkead Com. on Torts, see. 323; 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 2d ed., p. 736; St. Louis etc. By. Co. v. Bennett, 69 Fed. 525, 16 C. C. A. 300; Kansas City etc. By. Co. v. Cook, 66 Fed. 115, 13 C. C. A. 364, 28 L. R. A. 181; Wilson v.…

1Opinion of the CourtNave, J.

George S. Ford, as plaintiff, brought suit against the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway Company, a corporation, as defendant, to recover damages suffered by him on account of personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon him as a result of defendant’s negligence. The testimony in the case tends to establish the following facts: Plaintiff and his brother were the consignees of ice consigned to them at Wickenburg, Arizona, through the defendant company. The ice was conveyed to Wickenburg in the caboose of one of defendant’s freight-trains. When the train reached Wickenburg…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. IvesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. TolsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Herbert v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Ga. Pacific Railway Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  5. Donohue v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1886

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Archuleta v. JacobsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1939
  2. De Amado v. FriedmanArizona Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Casey v. MarshallArizona Supreme Court · 1946
  4. Jones v. MorrisonArizona Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Little v. BrownArizona Supreme Court · 1930

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