Chollette v. Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Saunders county. Tried below before Post, J. cited: Balsley v. St. L. A. & T. H. JR,. JR. Co., 119 111. 68; see collection of' cases, Am. and Eng.
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Error to the district court for Saunders county. Tried below before Post, J. cited: Balsley v. St. L. A. & T. H. JR,. JR. Co., 119 111. 68; see collection of' cases, Am. and Eng. Encyc. of Law, Yol. 2, p. 756, title, “Carriers of Passengers,” paragraph 25, sub-title, “Lessors and Lessees;” G. W. Railway v. Blake, 7 H. & N. 987; Quimby v. Vanderbilt, 17 N. Y. -306; W. St. L. & P. Ry. v. Peyton, 106 111. 534; JL. &. N. R. R. v. Weaver, 9 Lea, (Tenn.,) 38; Carter v. Peek, 4 Tenn. 203; Hutchinson on Carriers, secs. 158, 160,170,153 and notes 1 and 2; Pearce v. R. R. Co, 21 How. 441; Champion v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Reese, Ch. J.
This action was instituted in the district court of Saunders county by plaintiff against defendant, and was for damages alleged to have resulted from a personal injury received by plaintiff, while a passenger on defendant’s road and in its cars, through the negligence of defendant’s agents in starting the train before plaintiff could alight from the car at Elkhorn, by which she was thrown violently down and seriously injured'.
It was alleged in the petition that defendant was a railroad corporation, duly organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of Nebraska, and was,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bissell v. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad CompaniesNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Railroad Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Nelson v. Vermont & Canada RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Singleton v. Southwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Hood v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. ZerneckeSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Smitson v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1900
- Moorshead v. United Railways Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Co. v. CholletteNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
- McCabe's Admx. v. Maysville & B. S. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
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