Hodgkins v. Eastern Railroad
Cases that cite this one
14 later published cases cite this decision.
- Railroad v. Jackson (Tenn. 1901)
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Seley (Supreme Court of the United States 1894)
- Moody v. Hamilton Manufacturing Co. (Mass. 1893)
- Fitzgerald v. Boston & Albany Railroad (Mass. 1892)
- Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Wangelin (Ill. App. Ct. 1892)
- Boyle v. New York & New England Railroad (Mass. 1890)
- Criswell v. Railway Co. (W. Va. 1888)
- Gaffney v. N.Y. N.E.R.R. Co. (R.I. 1887)
- Gaffney v. New York & New England Railroad (R.I. 1887)
- Clifford v. Old Colony Railroad (Mass. 1886)
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. v. Shackelford (Ark. 1883)
- Holden v. Fitchburg Railroad (Mass. 1880)
- Osborne v. Knox & Lincoln Railroad (Me. 1877)
- Zeigler v. Day (Mass. 1877)
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Opinion of the Court
The making up of the train of cars with platforms of unequal height was the act of fellow servants of the plaintiff, for which, by the well settled law of this Commonwealth, he can maintain no action against the corporation. Farwell v. Boston & Worcester Railroad, 4 Met. 49. Hayes v. Western Railroad, 3 Cush. 270. Albro v. Agawam Canal, 6 Cush. 75. Gillshannon v. Stony Brook Railroad, 10 Cush. 228. Seaver v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 14 Gray, 466. Gilman v. Eastern Railroad, 10 Allen, 233. Johnson v. Boston, 118 Mass. 114.
Judgment for the defendant.
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