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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Belange

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 17, 1922No. 11,104PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcMahan, J.

— This is an action by appellee under the federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant while appellee was in its service. The complaint, omitting the formal parts thereof, in substance charges that on October 5, 1917, appellee, then about twenty years of age, was in the employ of appellant as a lineman, to build telegraph lines along its right of way, to set and reset poles, to repair and tighten telegraph wires, and to keep such wires free from contact with each other and from branches and tops of trees;…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArchibaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. ProffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  5. Davidson v. . CornellNew York Court of Appeals · 1892

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Fernandes v. TenbruggencateHawaii Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway Co. v. CollinsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1924
  3. Southern Railway Company v. BradshawCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946
  4. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. CarrollIndiana Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Hewitt v. WestoverIndiana Court of Appeals · 1927

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