Legal Opinion

Rebillard v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. Ry. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 27, 1914No. 4173PublishedCited by 24 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of North Dakota; Charles F. Amidon, Judge. Action at law by Charles Rebillard against the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

TRIEBER, District Judge.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff below, who is the plaintiff in error, and will be referred to herein as the plaintiff, caused by an automobile, in which he was riding as a guest with a friend, running over an embankment into a deep cut made by the defendant in the construction of its road, and which was unguarded.

The allegations in the complaint are that the defendant' constructed a line of railway through the city of Devil’s Lake, N. D., which intersected a public highway located west of said city; that in building the railroad a cut…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Little v. HackettSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  3. Dyer v. . Erie Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  4. Brommer v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1910
  5. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShackletIllinois Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Birmingham Southern R. Co. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  2. Robison v. Oregon-Wash. R. & N. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Bradley v. Missouri Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  4. Pope v. HalpernCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Knipfer v. ShawWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933

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