Legal Opinion
Payne v. Daugherty
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1922No. 5707PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COTTERAL, District Judge.
This action was brought against the Director General of Railroads (for whom the plaintiff in error has been substituted) by the defendant in error to recover damages for personal injuries sustained, as his petition avers, while he was employed as a switchman, by falling because of a defective handhold in the ladder of a car moving in interstate commerce, in the yards of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, at Alliance, Neb. The defendant answered, admitting that there was the defective car equipment, and that the car .was about to be switched for the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. SchubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- City of Manning v. German Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Lupher v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. WagnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Waylander-Peterson Co. v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. NickleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
- Plick v. Toye Bros. Auto & Taxicab Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
- Newkirk v. Los Angeles Junction Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1942
- White v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1957
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