Southern Pacific Co. v. Seley
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. This was an action in the District Court for the First Judicial District of the Territory of Utah against the Southern Pacific Company, a railroad corporation, brought by Isabella Seley, administratrix of William B. Seley, deceased, to recover damages for the death of her husband caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant company.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. This was an action in the District Court for the First Judicial District of the Territory of Utah against the Southern Pacific Company, a railroad corporation, brought by Isabella Seley, administratrix of William B. Seley, deceased, to recover damages for the death of her husband caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant company. The Southern Pacific Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Kentucky, and is engaged in operating the Central Pacific Bailroad, running between the city of Ogden in Utah and a point in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
The theory upon which the plaintiff proceeded in the court below was that Seley lost his life by reason of the negligence of the defendant, a railroad company, in using in its switches what is called an “ unblocked frog.”
A frog, in railroad parlance, is a section of a rail, or of several rails combined, at a point where two railway's cross, or at the point of a switch from a line to a siding or to another line, and its function is to enable a car or train to be turned from one track to another. In a blocked frog the point of space between the rails, at the point where the car is switched from…
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