Choctaw, O. & G. R. v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for. the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Action by Annie Jackson for herself, and as next friend of her minor children, against the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiffs (182 Fed. 342), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
On January 2, 1902, the tracks of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, hereafter called the M., K. & T., and the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad, hereafter called the Choctaw, crossed substantially at right angles at South McAlester, Ind. T. The tracks of the M., K. & T. at that point extended almost due north and south and those of the Choctaw substantially east and west. There was a heavy upgrade on the M., K. & T. immediately north from the crossing. To the west of the main track of the M., K. & T. was what' is known as a “passing track” or siding, which extended…
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