Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Dixon
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. ' This case is before us on questions certified by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. ' This case is before us on questions certified by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The facts as stated are that Chauncey A. Dixon was employed on December 25, 1899, by the Northern Pacific Railway Company as a fireman in operating extra freight train No. 162, and while so .engaged was killed by means of a head-end collision of that' train with extra freight train No. 159. The company had made and promulgated time tables for its regular trains and had adopted reasonable rules for the operation of all its…
1Opinion of the Court
194 U.S. 338 (1904)
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
v.
DIXON.
No. 211.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued April 13, 1904.
Decided May 16, 1904.
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
Mr. C.W. Bunn, Mr. Emerson Hadley and Mr. James B. Kerr for plaintiff in error, submitted.
Mr. A.M. Antrobus for defendant in error, cited as to obligation to provide orders and schedules of trains: B. & O.R.R. Co. v. Andrews, 1 C.C.A. 639; Nor. Pac. R.R. Co. v. Poirier, 15 C.C.A. 52; Lewis v. Seifert, 11 Atl. Rep. 514; Railroad Co. v. Camp, 13 C.C.A. 233; Oregon Short Line v. Frost, 21…
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- Northern Pacific Railroad v. HerbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. BaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Flike v. . Boston and Albany R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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