Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR AND CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. Johnson brought this action in the District Court of the First Judicial District of Utah against the Southern Pacific Company to recover damages for injuries received while employed by that company as a brakeman. The case was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Utah by defendant on the ground of diversity of citizenship.
Read the full summary
ERROR AND CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. Johnson brought this action in the District Court of the First Judicial District of Utah against the Southern Pacific Company to recover damages for injuries received while employed by that company as a brakeman. The case was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Utah by defendant on the ground of diversity of citizenship. The facts were briefly these: August 5, 1900, Johnson was acting as head brakeman on a freight train of the Southern Pacific Company, which was making its regular…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
This case was brought here on certiorari, and also on writ of error, and will be determined on the merits, without discussing the question of jurisdiction as between the one writ and the other. Pullman’s Car Company v. Transportation Company, 171. U. S. 138, 145.
The plaintiff claimed that he was relieved of assumption of risk under common law rules by the act of Congress of March 2, 1893, 27 Stat. 531, c. 196, entitled “An act to promote the safety of employés and-travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. StowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. DearingSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- United States v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by361 opinions
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
356 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.