Legal Opinion
Great Northern Railway Company v. United States
District Court, D. Montana
Decided September 29, 1960No. Civ. 1999PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge.
Plaintiff seeks indemnity from defendant, pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346, for a payment made to Elliott Richie as a result of an accident on December 22, 1955. Richie, while standing on plaintiff’s depot premises at Rudyard, Montana, was struck by a mail pouch thrown by Forrest J. McNeil, a postal transportation clerk employed by the defendant, from one of plaintiff’s westbound trains as it passed through Rudyard, at approximately 10:40 A.M., while traveling at a speed of 65 miles an hour or 95.3 feet per second. Richie was on the depot…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Washington Gas Light Co. v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- St. Louis Dressed Beef & Provision Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- United States v. AcordCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Ferguson v. Town Pump, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1978
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