Legal Opinion
Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. v. Louisville & NR Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1928No. 4871PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company constructed a system of private railroad tracks and switches for the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company at its plant in Memphis, Tenn. The tracks were to be used by the railroad company as loading and unloading tracks for the oil company. Under the construction contract the oil company agreed “to place no overhead structure lower than 20 feet above the tops of the rails of said tracks located on the property of the second party [the oil company] and to keep the tracks free from obstructions, and agrees to hold the first party harmless…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Hartford Fire Insurance v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- North American Ry. Const. Co. v. Cincinnati Traction Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1909
- National Transit Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1925
- Sunlight Carbon Co. v. St. Louis & S. F. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by51 opinions
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