Legal Opinion

Denver & R. G. R. Co. v. Wagner

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 21, 1908No. 2,845PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. Before HOOK and ADAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILIPS, District Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

PHILIPS, District Judge.

This is an action for damages by the widow of Henry A. Wagner on account of his death, resulting from injuries alleged to have been received by the derailment of a coach in which he was a passenger on the defendant railroad in New Mexico. The only material allegations of the petition are that said Wagner, on the 20th day of October, 1905, was a passenger for hire on the defendant’s train of cars, which was so derailed through the negligence and carelessness of the defendant, and that by the statute of the territory of New Mexico a right of action is given to the…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. Railroad Companies v. SchutteSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. Reining v. . City of Buffalo, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
  5. Allen v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1881

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. McIlvaine Patent Corporation v. Walgreen Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
  2. McCabe v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
  3. Simerson v. St. Louis & S. F. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  4. Chicago, B. & Q. R. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
  5. Otis Elevator Co. v. CliffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912

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