Myers v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge.
In this case the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company, the defendant in error, was charged with culpable negligence in maintaining an overhead bridge across its tracks at a street crossing, which was too low, as it is claimed, to permit brakemen, when on the top of freight, cars, to pass thereunder with ordinary safety. The bridge to which this charge relates was located in the city of Hudson, Wis., and the plaintiff’s husband, Edward Myers, who was a brakeman in the service of the defendant company, was knocked off from the top of one of its cars while…
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- Gibson v. . Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
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- Devitt v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
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- Brossman v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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