Legal Opinion
Baird v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 6, 1914No. 11626PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Wright, J., entered March 28, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action by a railroad employee for personal injuries sustained in alighting from a locomotive.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action to recover damages for personal injuries. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant is and was, at all times mentioned, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Wisconsin, owning and operating a transcontinental railway through the county of Lewis, with a junction point at Centralia; that
“On May 25th, 1912, and for a long time prior thereto, the said defendant operated a work train hauling gravel and material in the construction and repair of that part of its trans-continental system located at Centralia. That the said work train was under the care and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co. v. SealeSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. WylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Fletcher v. Baltimore & Potomac RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. McWhirterSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Lamphere v. Oregon R. & Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1912
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Barney v. AndersonWashington Supreme Court · 1921
- Gruber v. Cater Transfer Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1917
- Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Babbitt v. Seattle School District No. 1Washington Supreme Court · 1918
- Archibald v. Northern Pacific RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1919
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