Legal Opinion

Wright v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1914No. 17,189Published

Opinion on motion for rehearing of case reported in 94 Neb. 317.

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Cueiam.

After the reargument in this case, we have carefully reexamined the record and are satisfied with the following language in the former opinion (94 Neb. 317) for the reasons there given: “A rule that a switch engine may run through the yards, on the main line, not under.control, but at a high rate of speed, when its crew all know that there is an ‘extra’ on the main line passing-through the yards, would be a barbarous rule; and, if the rules of a railway company permit such a practice, it should be held liable for injuries to employees on the extra who are injured while such extra…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wright v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1913

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