Legal Opinion

Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Shellen-Barger

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 14, 1931No. 6482PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought by a passenger to recover from the carrier damages for injuries received by the passenger by reason of falling from a passenger train in motion; the passenger having recovered judgment in the lower court, the carrier, the Great Northern Railway Company, appeals from the judgment upon the ground that the court erred in denying its motion for a directed verdict. The aeeident occurred as an eastbound passenger train of the Great Northern Railway Company approached a siding at the town of Saco, in the state of Montana. The appellee claims that he…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bronson v. OakesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
  2. Robinson v. United States Benevolent SocietyMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Johnston v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
  4. Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1902
  5. Kearney v. Oregon R. & N. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1911

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Callaway v. HartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944

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