Legal Opinion

Perrett v. Southern Pacific Co.

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 11, 1946No. Civ. 12973Published

1Opinion of the Court

73 Cal.App.2d 30 (1946)

SAMUEL E. PERRETT, Appellant,

v.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Civ. No. 12973.

California Court of Appeals. First Dist., Div. One.

Feb. 11, 1946.

Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod and Louis H. Brownstone for Appellant.

Johnson & Ricksen and Lawrence L. Howe for Respondent.

PETERS, P. J.

The plaintiff, while working in the course and scope of his employment with defendant, was run over by a freight car when he fell while attempting to board the moving train, his leg being severed below the knee. Defendant was admittedly then engaged in interstate commerce. This…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. v. PeelerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
  4. Stewart v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  5. Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1942

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