Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Cogswell
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the United States Court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory; Joseph A. Gill, Judge. Action by Jud Cogswell against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company.
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Error from the United States Court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory; Joseph A. Gill, Judge. Action by Jud Cogswell against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brought error to the United States Court of-Appeals in the Indian Territory, and plaintiff filed a cross-bill, and the cause was from that court transferred to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma under the enabling act (Act June 16, 1906, c. 3335, 34 Stat. 267). This action was brought by Jud Cogswell, plaintiff, against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company,…
1Opinion of the CourtHayes, J.
(after stating the facts as above). Plaintiff in error has made 27 assignments of error in its petition, but all may be considered under two propositions. The issues of fact, including the alleged acts of negligence on the part of the 'railway company, were found by the jury in favor of defendant in error.
The first proposition to be determined is whether the facts found constitute in law negligence in the railway company as against defendant in error. Defendant in error on the 28th day of December, 1906, went, after night, to defendant’s depot in Bartlesville to meet a passenger by the name…
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