Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Canadian County; James I. Phelps, Judge. Action by Lueile Taylor against the Chicago, Rock Island &’ Pacific Railway Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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Error from District Court, Canadian County; James I. Phelps, Judge. Action by Lueile Taylor against the Chicago, Rock Island &’ Pacific Railway Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Defendant in error, plaintiff below, contends that about eight o’clock p. m. she, in company with her husband and small child, was traveling along Watt street in the city of El Reno, in an open buggy drawn by one horse; that Watt street crosses the defendant’s right of way near its railroad station; that defendant has five railroad tracks across said Watt street and on…
1Opinion of the CourtRamsey, J.
(after stating the case above;) By the act of Congress approved March 2, 1887, the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway was granted a right of way through the Indian Territory (24 St. L. 446). Section 9 of said act provides “that said railroad company shall construct and maintain continually all road and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railway wherever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway’s right of way, or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same.” Plaintiff in error, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, by virtue .of…
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