Legal Opinion

Gowen v. Harley

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 10, 1893No. 249PublishedCited by 59 opinions

In Error-to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. At Law. Action by Harrie Harley against Francis I. Gowen and E. D. Chadick, receivers of the Choctaw Coal & Railway Company, for personal injuries received by plaintiff while in defendant’s. service, judgment was given for plaintiff. Defendant -Gowen brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

SANDORA, Circuit Judge.

On June 20, 1891, Harrie Harley, the defendant in error, fell out of the door of a car of the Choctaw Coal & Railway Company, hereafter called the Choctaw Railway Company, at South MoAlester, in the Indian Territory, while he was endeavoring to move a train Tbox from another car into the one from which he fell. He struck on Ms head and hurt: himself. He was an employe of the plaintiff in error. For his injury he brought this action against Francis I. Gowen. the plaintiff in error, hereafter called the defendant, and E. D. Clmdick,,as receivers of the Choctaw Railway…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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  5. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. ConverseSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. Cole v. German Savings & Loan Soc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
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  3. St. Louis Cordage Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  4. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. McElroyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
  5. Gilbert v. Burlington, C. R. & N. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904

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