Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided January 9, 1939No. S. F. 16084PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSeawell, J.
The petitioner Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent a second trial of the action of Scarlett v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. The respondent Superior Court has granted a motion to set said ease for retrial.
The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, a brakeman, when he fell from a ladder on a freight ear in the course of his employment. The first trial resulted in a judgment for plaintiff for $18,000, entered upon a jury verdict. We affirmed the judgment. (Scarlett v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ScarlettSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Corbett v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Central Savings Bank of Oakland v. LakeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
- Agar v. WinslowCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
- Barnsdall v. WaltemeyerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
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3Cited by21 opinions
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