Legal Opinion

St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. Model Laundry

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 20, 1913No. 2692PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error from Superior Court, Oklahoma County; A. N. Munden, Judge. Action by the Model Laundry, a corporation, against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Section 6, art. 23 (section 355, Williams' Ann. Ed.), Constitution of Oklahoma, reads:

"The defense of contributory negligence or of assumption of risk shall, in all cases whatsoever, be a question of fact, and shall at all times, be left to the jury."

That these defenses are questions of fact for the jury, and that the verdict of the jury is conclusive as to the fact of their existence or nonexistence, see the following cases:Chicago, R.I. P. Ry. Co. v. Beatty, 27 Okla. 844,116 P. 171; Independent Cotton Oil Co. v. Beacham, 31 Okla. 384,120 P. 969; Phoenix Printing Co. v. Durham, 32 Okla.…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Ga. Pacific Railway Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  2. Memphis & Charleston Railroad v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
  3. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Independent Cotton Oil Co. v. BeachamSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  5. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. BakerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Bunton v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1917
  2. Hines v. DeanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  3. Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. v. StantonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  4. Aldridge v. PattersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
  5. Gypsy Oil Co. v. GinnSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931

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