Legal Opinion
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. DeArmond
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 26, 1887PublishedCited by 22 opinions
FROM KNOX. Appeal iii error from Circuit Court of Knox County. S. A. Rogers, J.
1Opinion of the CourtFolkes, J.
DeArmond was a conductor on a freight train of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company, and while so employed was injured 'in a collision occurring between the train under his charge, going west, and another freight train going east. This action was against the railroad company for damages. -There was verdict and judgment in favor of DeArmond. Motion for new trial overruled, and the railroad company has appealed in error.
The only error assigned, which it is deemed necessary to notice, presents the question as .to whether the telegraph operator, whose negligence caused the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Phillips v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad v. CollinsTennessee Supreme Court · 1886
- Dobbin v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879
- Sheehan v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
3Cited by22 opinions
- Ill. Cent. R. Co. v. NicholsTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- Strottman v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- Baltimore & O. R. v. CampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- Walls v. LuekingCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1959
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