Walker v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Walker v. Boston & Maine Railroad
128 Mass. 8; 1879 Mass. LEXIS 153
Cases that cite this one
6 later published cases cite this decision.
- Dixon v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. (Mich. 1907)
- Sofield v. Guggenheim Smelting Co. (N.J. 1900)
- Rittenhouse v. Wilmington Street-Railway Co. (N.C. 1897)
- Moody v. Hamilton Manufacturing Co. (Mass. 1893)
- Rogers v. Ludlow Manufacturing Co. (Mass. 1887)
- Holden v. Fitchburg Railroad (Mass. 1880)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
The cause of action in each of these cases was the misplacement of a switch through the negligence of a fellow-servant of the plaintiff’s intestate. Farwell v. Boston & Worcester Railroad, 4 Met. 49. Gilman v. Eastern Railroad, 10 Allen, 233. Judgments on the verdicts.
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