Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Carlin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
-In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas.
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBY, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries, brought by Michael Carlin, plaintiff, against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, defendant. The petition alleged that the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant as a member of what is known as the “bridge gang,” and, while at work near where a bridge was being repaired, a train approached with great speed, and as it ran over the bridge a spike maul or heavy iron hammer, weighing six ■or eight pounds, with a handle attached to it, was caught by the train, and thrown agaipst the plaintiff, injuring his leg so…
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- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. BaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Jones v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- New England Railroad v. ConroySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Doyle v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1889
- Long v. Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1900
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