Legal Opinion
Wright v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1913No. 17,189PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the district court for Lancaster county: Lincoln Frost, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtFawcett, J.
From a judgment for $15,000 in favor of the plaintiffs on account of the alleged negligence of the defendant in causing the death of Otto O. Wright, husband of plaintiff Lizzie L. Wright, defendant appeals.
The abstract contains 86 printed pages, the supplemental abstract 201 pages, the brief and reply brief of appellant 139 pages, and the brief of appellee 90 pages. To follow counsel through this voluminous record and through their equally voluminous briefs would necessitate an opinion of such length that it would be useless to the profession, for the reason that no lawyer would ever read it.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Dowd v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Abel v. President, Managers & Co. of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. McLallenIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Mace v. BoedkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Devoe v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Schwer v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rd. Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1954
- Wright v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1914