Legal Opinion
James Moore v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Inc., Lee Hill v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1955No. 15448_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought separately but consolidated for trial, each of the suits was for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in a crossing collision between the automobile in which he was riding as a gratuitous passenger and the locomotive of a railroad train operated by the defendant.
The claim in each suit was that the defendant’s train was at and prior to the collision being negligently operated and as a proximate result thereof the plaintiff was injured and damaged in the amount sued for.
The defenses to each claim were a denial of the charges made against…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Morgan Hill Paving Co. v. FonvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Hamilton v. BrowningSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Kortz v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Flint v. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Morgan v. Sun Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. Charles C. JardinaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Frank Pruett v. Robert Ellington MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Freddie Lee Taylor and James Crawford HicksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. William Edward HobbsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Thomas ClaytonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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