Legal Opinion
Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided December 7, 1959No. Civ. 793PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAVEN, District Judge.
In this action the plaintiff, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, having paid $70,000 to one Kleppe, one of its brakemen, in settlement of his claim for injuries against it, asks indemnity or, in the alternative, contribution from the defendant, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company. The injuries for which settlement was made were received in connection with the operation of a hand brake on a car owned by the defendant which at the time'was on a transfer track at Goldfield, Iowa, used by the plaintiff and the defendant for the exchange of cars. Both…
2Cases cited132 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- O'Donnell v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Susan Passwaters, by Donald Passwaters, Her Father and Next Friend, and Donald Passwaters v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Mathews v. BeyerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- Allied Mutual Casualty Company v. LongSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
- Rauch v. SenecalSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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