Railway Co. v. Triplett
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. John A. Williams, Judge. Action by C. H. Triplett, administrator of T. J. Brown, deceased, against the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in death.
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APPEAL from Jefferson Circuit Court. John A. Williams, Judge. Action by C. H. Triplett, administrator of T. J. Brown, deceased, against the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries resulting in death. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The duty of the railroad ended when it exercised ordinary care to provide the deceased with a reasonably safe place in which to prosecute his work,' and it did not guarantee that such place, obviously dangerous, should prove ■reasonably safe. Sh. & Redf. on Negl., 103; 35 Ark., 614; 25 Am. & E. R. Cas., 518,…
1Opinion of the Court
John Fletcher, Special J.
This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment against the railway company for $5000 damages, sustained by the death of appellee’s intestate, T. J. Brown, while in the employ of appellant. Brown was a car-repairer employed at the shops of the railway company at Pine Bluff. Near the shops and within the yard limits of the company were situated what are known as repair tracks, on which cars badly crippled and requiring much time to-repair are placed. These tracks were under the supervision and control of the foreman of repairs. By the rules of the-company, no switchman…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Randall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Ohio & Mississippi R. W. Co. v. CollarnIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. MorandaIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
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