Legal Opinion
Christensen v. Trotter
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1948No. 11964PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEALY, Circuit Judge.
Appellees Trotter and Rayburn, respectively the fireman and engineer on the second engine of a Santa Fe train, were injured when the train collided with a truck standing unattended on the railroad track. They sued appellant, the owner of the truck, and were awarded damages. The appeal challenges certain of the instructions and the propriety of a ruling on evidence offered by way of impeachment.
The incident occurred near Kingman, Arizona, at a place where the highway parallels the railroad track immediately on the north at an elevation some thirteen feet higher than the…
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