Legal Opinion
Leonard Stapleton v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1959No. 17271PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*739CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
The question presented here is whether the court below committed reversible error in granting a peremptory instruction in favor of the Railroad Company in a suit brought by the beneficiaries of Allen Stapleton, who was killed while sitting on the end of a crosstie near a path across the railroad in the City of Pass Christian, Mississippi. Alleging that the train which killed Stapleton was being operated at an excessive rate of speed, that no sufficient warning of its approach was given, that no proper lookout was being maintained, and that proper steps were not taken to…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Mrs. Fern W. Reuter v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Lenora Gorman Smith v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Allied Chemical Corporation, Armco Steel Corporation, and General American Transportation CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. v. IsheeMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. BurneyMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
- W. L. Coleman v. Associated Pipeline Contracttors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Illinois Cent. Gulf RR v. StedmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
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