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O'Donnell Vs. Elgin, J. and E. Ry. Co.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 12, 1949

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  1. O'Donnell v. Elgin
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  2. J. & E. Ry. Co. - 338 U.S. 384 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court O'Donnell v. Elgin
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  3. J. & E. Ry. Co., 338 U.S. 384 (1949) O'Donnell v. Elgin
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  4. need not resolve the conflict between these competing theories of causation, for that decision was for the jury. Ellis v. Union
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  5. ends of the cars. This construction finds some support in the decisions. See, e.g., St. Louis & San Francisco R. Co. v. Conarty
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  6. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. United
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  7. Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Layton
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  8. Johnson v. Southern
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  9. Pacific Co., 196 U. S. 1 , 196 U. S. 18 . See also United States v. Southern
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  10. Chesapeake & Ohio R. Co. v. Charlton
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  11. Chicago, M., Page 338 U. S. 388 St. P. & P. R. Co. v. Linehan
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  12. Penn v. Chicago
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  13. Keenan v. Director
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  14. Philadelphia & R. R. Co. v. Eisenhart
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  15. Erie R. Co. v. Caldwell
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  16. Southern Pacific Co. v. Thomas
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  17. Kowalski v. Chicago
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  18. Saxton v. Delaware
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  19. Stewart v. Wabash
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  20. Reetz v. Chicago
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  21. to have been the view of this Court in the only case of this nature ever before it. Minneapolis & St. Louis R. Co. v. Gotschall
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  22. U. S. 66 . See also Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie R. Co. v. Goneau
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  23. jurisdictions will be regarded as some evidence of negligence, to be weighed by the jury along with the facts. Hayes v. Michigan
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  24. Union Pacific R. Co. v. McDonald
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  25. evidence of negligence which defendant must meet or overcome. E.g., Voiles v. Hunt
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  26. Iowa 1234, 240 N.W. 703. Courts sometimes talk of it in terms of res ipsa loquitur, cf. Minneapolis & St. Louis R. Co. v. Gotschall
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  27. supra, or treat violations as negligence per se. E.g., San Antonio & A.R. R. Co. v. Wagner
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  28. Watts v. Montgomery
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  29. Evans v. Klusmeyer
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  30. It is not uncommon that, within the same jurisdiction, the rule is different as to different statutes. See Martin v. Herzog
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  31. a liability that cannot be escaped by proof of care or diligence. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R. Co. v. Taylor
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  32. Brady v. Terminal
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  33. San Antonio & A.P. R. Co. v. Wagner
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  34. Minneapolis & St. Louis R. Co. v. Gotschall
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  35. Vigor v. Chesapeake
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  36. Philadelphia & R. Co. v. Eisenhart
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  37. Hudson Co., 256 N.Y. 363, 176 N.E. 425 (1931). Cf. Vigor v. Chesapeake
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  38. Western & Atlantic R. v. Gentle
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  39. E.g., San Antonio & A.P. R. Co. v. Wagner
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  40. Western & Atlantic R. Co. v. Gentle
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  41. Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Horton
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  42. See Myers v. Reading
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  43. U.S. Supreme Court O'Donnell v. Elgin
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  44. Ellis v. Union
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  45. St. Louis & San Francisco R. Co. v. Conarty
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  46. United States v. Southern
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  47. St. P. & P. R. Co. v. Linehan
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  48. Reetz v. Chicago
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  49. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie R. Co. v. Goneau
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  50. Hayes v. Michigan
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