Legal Opinion
Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Davis Frozen Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1952No. 6376_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment for defendant in an action by the Norfolk Southern Railway Company to recover damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of a truck’s colliding with a trestle bridging the underpass of a state highway at Bailey, North Carolina and dislocating plaintiff’s railroad track. The owner of the truck, Davis Frozen Foods, Incorporated, is the defendant in the action. Plaintiff contends that the collision with the trestle was due to negligent operation of the truck and resulted in the wrecking of one of its freight trains.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Slocum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- North Pennsylvania Railroad v. Commercial Bank of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Marks v. Cotton Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- United States v. GrannisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Tights, Inc. v. Acme-Mccrary Corporation, and Orin R. YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Dehydrating Process Company v. A. O. Smith CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1961
- Morinville v. MorinvilleSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
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