Grow v. Oregon Short Line Ry. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Second District; Hon. J. A. Howell, Judge. Action by Cecillia Grow as administratrix of Cyrus L. Grow, deceased, against tbe Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStraup, J.
Tbis is an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate. At the conclusion of the evidence the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
The essential allegations of the complaint are: That the defendant, a Utah corporation, was and is a common carrier, operating a line of railway through and between the states of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon, that at the time of the accident it was, and prior thereto for several months had been engaged in installing, and equipping its main line of railway with, what is known as a “block signal…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Zikos v. Oregon R. & Navigation Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Washington · 1910
- Central R. of New Jersey v. ColasurdoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
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