Messenger v. Valley City Street
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court of Barnes county; Burlce, J. Action for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Herman Winterer and D. 8. Ritchie, for appellant. Bricker v. Philadelphia & R. R. Co. 132 Pa. 1, 19 Am. St. Rep. 585, 18 Atl. 983; Chicago Union Traction Co. v. O’Brien, 219 111. 303, 76 N. E. 341; Earley v. Cincinnati, EÉ. & D. R. Co. 47 C. C. A. 156, 108 Eed. 14; Illinois O. R. Co. v. O’Keefe, 168 111. 115, 39 L.R.A. 148, 61 Am.
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Appeal from District Court of Barnes county; Burlce, J. Action for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Herman Winterer and D. 8. Ritchie, for appellant. Bricker v. Philadelphia & R. R. Co. 132 Pa. 1, 19 Am. St. Rep. 585, 18 Atl. 983; Chicago Union Traction Co. v. O’Brien, 219 111. 303, 76 N. E. 341; Earley v. Cincinnati, EÉ. & D. R. Co. 47 C. C. A. 156, 108 Eed. 14; Illinois O. R. Co. v. O’Keefe, 168 111. 115, 39 L.R.A. 148, 61 Am. St. Rep. 68, 48 N. E. 294; Poster v. Seattle Electric Co. 35 Wash. 177, 76 Pac. 995; Woolsey v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. 39 Neb. 798, 25 L.R.A. 79,…
1Opinion of the Court
Morgan, Ch. J.
On the 3d day of December, 1906, the plaintiff was injured while attempting to board a street car belonging to the defendant company. The complaint alleges that the injury was caused by the failure of the defendant to cause the approach to said street car to be properly lighted, and its failure to have guards or rails placed at such approach. The defendant runs a street ear line in Valley City, and runs its cars so as to make connections with all passenger trains of the “Soo” Railway Company at the depot of said railway company. At the depot or station the railway track is used…
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- Phillips v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
- Umsted ex rel. Umsted v. Colgate Farmers Elevator Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
- Hall v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1907
- Butler v. . G.F., S.H. F.E.S.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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