St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Needham
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This was an action by Mrs. D. L, Needham and T. B. T. Williams, a minor, by his next friend, said Mrs. Needham, against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company, to recover damages for the death of D. L. Needham. At the trial the jury found for plaintiffs.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This was an action by Mrs. D. L, Needham and T. B. T. Williams, a minor, by his next friend, said Mrs. Needham, against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company, to recover damages for the death of D. L. Needham. At the trial the jury found for plaintiffs. For report of the decision on writ of error to review a previous judgment for plaintiffs, reversing that judgment, and granting a new trial, see 3 C. C. A. 129, 52 Fed. 371.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Is a railroad company liable under the general law for the injury of an employé on one train caused by the negligence of the conductor of another train in leaving a switch open that it was his duty to close?
*108The writ of error is brought to reverse a judgment recovered by the defendant in error Mrs. D. L. Needham against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company, the plaintiff in error, for the death of her husband. The action was brought under sections 5225 and 5226 of Mansfield’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas, which permit the personal representatives…
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