Southern Pacific Co. v. Berkshire
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OP CIVIL APPEALS, -EIGHTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT, OP THE STATÉ OP TEXAS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. .Justice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action brought in a state court against the petitioner for causing the death of Linder, the plaintiff’s intestate. At the trial the petitioner requested instructions that Linder assumed the risk of injury from the cause complained of and that a verdict should be rendered for the defendant. These were refused, the defendant saving its rights upon the record, and the plaintiff got a verdict and judgment. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment; the Supreme Court denied a writ of error, ,and thereupon a writ of certiorari…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArchibaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Butler v. FrazeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Southern Pacific Co. v. PoolSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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