Legal Opinion
Hittson v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 1939No. 4386PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRICE, Justice.
This is a statutory action brought to recover damages for the killing of a mare by a train operated on appellants’ railroad. That part of the statute material to a decision of this case is as follows:
“Every railroad corporation * * * shall * * * erect and thereafter maintain fences on the sides of their said railroad * * * suitably and amply sufficient to prevent cattle, horses * * * from getting on the said railroad. * * * If any railroad corporation shall fail to construct such fences and cattle guards as herein directed, each and every one of said railroad corporations so…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Pollard v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Fourth Nat. Bank of NY v. FrancklynSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Berdos v. Tremont & Suffolk MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Mayor of New York v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Patterson v. Globe American Casualty Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
- Melfi v. GoodmanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
- Elephant Butte Resort Marina, Inc. v. WooldridgeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
- New Mexico v. General Electric Co.District Court, D. New Mexico · 2004
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