Smithson v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action begun October 2, 1895, in the district court for Ramsey county against 'the defendant railway company, and the receivers of the Wisconsin Central Company and of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company, to recover $25,000 for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff on March 7, 1894, while employed as fireman by the Chicago Great Western Railway Company.
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Action begun October 2, 1895, in the district court for Ramsey county against 'the defendant railway company, and the receivers of the Wisconsin Central Company and of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company, to recover $25,000 for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff on March 7, 1894, while employed as fireman by the Chicago Great Western Railway Company. On October 22, 1895, defendant receivers filed their petition for removal of the case to the United States circuit court, in which they stated that the Chicago Great Western Railway Company was organized under the laws of Illinois, was a…
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, .1.
Action for personal injuries received by plaintiff while he was serving defendant Chicago Great Western Railway Company as a locomotive fireman, and in a collision between the locomotive on which plaintiff was at work and another operated by defendants Whitcomb and Morris, as receivers under appointment by the United States circuit court of the Wisconsin Central Company. It was alleged in the complaint that both of these defendants operated locomotives and trains over tracks owned by the Chicago & Northern Pacific Railway Company, in the city of Chicago, and it was on this track…
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- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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