Legal Opinion

Philadelphia & R. v. McKibbin

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 24, 1919No. 2470PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; J. Warren Davis, Judge. Action by Robert J. McKibbin against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

HAIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The defendant in error recovered a j'udgment in the court below. against the plaintiff in error for damages resulting from personal injuries which he received while in the employ of the latter, as a brakeman, in its yards at Port Reading, N. J. The action was brought under the federal Employers’ Liability Act of 1908 and Supplements (Act April 22, 1908,^;. 149, 35 Stat. L. 65; Act April 5. 1910, c. 143, 36 Stat. L. 291 [Comp. Stat. 1916, §§ 8657-8665]), and was based upon the alleged negligence of the defendant (the plaintiff in error), in failing to provide a car, which…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. WagnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  3. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. HarveySupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  4. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Herencia v. GuzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. GentleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  2. Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
  3. Spotts v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938
  4. Southern Pacific Company v. Lloyd M. Mahl, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  5. Werner v. ZintmasterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1935

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