Legal Opinion

Abernathy v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 12, 1951No. 42220PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

237 S.W.2d 161 (1951)

ABERNATHY

v.

ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RY. CO.

No. 42220.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division 2.

March 12, 1951.

E. G. Nahler, J. L. Homire, C. H. Skinker, Jr., and W. W. Dalton, all of St. Louis, for appellant.

Mark D. Eagleton, Wm. H. Allen, St. Louis, for respondent.

WESTHUES, Commissioner.

Plaintiff Abernathy was a locomotive fireman in the employ of the defendant railroad at Birmingham, Alabama. On March 20, 1948, while on duty he fell off a running board of an engine. He filed suit in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and a trial resulted in a verdict in his favor in the sum of…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jones v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1944
  2. Tatum v. Gulf, Mobile Ohio Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1949
  3. Ford v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
  4. Bolan v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
  5. O'Brien v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1950

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Skadal v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
  2. Kiger v. Terminal Railroad Association of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  3. McCaffery v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  4. Miller v. Brunson Const. Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  5. Begley v. Adaber Realty & Investment CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1962

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