Legal Opinion
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Powers Foundation Drilling Co.
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided December 31, 1968No. Civ. No. 67-142PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DAUGHERTY, District Judge.
The Plaintiff operates a railroad. The Defendant is in the construction business, apparently specializing in the drilling or placement of bridge and other foundation piers. The Plaintiff has a bridge on its railroad line near Trenton, Missouri. One of the concrete piers of this bridge began to tilt due to river action and in 1962 the same was replaced by the Plaintiff and Defendant. The replacement was effected by drilling ten caissons around the existing concrete pier (5 on each side), supporting the bridge by the ten caissons and abandoning the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- John F. Kennedy v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Third-Party v. United States Steel Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
- Stott v. Louisville N. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- Fries v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1948
- Emonz v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Paul Leonard Jones, Jr. v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, A.K.A. ConrailCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Brenham v. Southern Pacific CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1971
- North Little Rock Electric Co. v. Pickens-Bond Construction Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
- Floyd H. Corbin v. Norfolk & Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Paul Leonard Jones, Jr. v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, A.K.A. ConrailCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986