The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-07-24
NO CONFLICT IN
ACCIDENT LAWs
The Supreme Court Holds That Rail-
roads Must Report All
Accidents.

Oklahoma City, July 24.-The fed
eral and state laws requiring railroads
to report all accidents are not in con-
6ict according to an opinion by JUS
tice Kane of the supreme court, hand
ed down Tuesday. Neither is the state
law requiring that railroads report
such accidents to the corporation COM
mission restriction on interstate
commerce. The opinion was given in
the appeal of the Cult, Colorado and
Santa Fe railway company from an
order of the corporation commission
fining the railroad company $500 for
failing to make a report to the com
mission within a specified time, on the
derailment of passenger train. After
the appeal was filed, it was stipulated
that the fine should be reduced from
$500 to ST.
The order of the corporation com
mission was affirmed.
Another opinion which sustains the
corporation commission was handed
down in the appeal of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railway com
pany from fine of $25, imposed by
the corporation commission for failure
to comply with an order to file tariff
on rates on fruits and vegetables in
refrigerator cars. The opinion was
by Justice Williams.
Other opinions handed down Tues
day are as follows:
By Justice Williams-W H. Lawson
ct al, VS.. Frederick Zeigler, Mcintosh
county, dismissed; William Banks VS.,
A. D. Clark, Tulsa county, dismissed; );
School district number 80, MeClain
county, vs.. First National bank, Nc
CLAIM county, dismissed; w. A. Rich
ardson ct al. VS.. Parker Mcconnell and
company, Tillman county, affirmed
By Justice Kane-The w. H. Ash
ley Silk company VS.. Oklahoma Fire
Insurance company, Oklahoma county,
reversed and remanded; Consolidated
School district number /. Alfalfa eoun-
ty vs.. School district number "A, Al
galfa county. reversed and remanded;
w. f. Evans and St. Louis and San
Francisco Railway company VS.. G. S.
Brown VS.. Marget B. Brwon, 0klaho-
ma county, affirmed; State of Okla
homa VS.. George NJ. RAIDER ct al, Ellis
county, reversed and remanded; Bank
of Fairview VS.. B. r. Martin and
Emma Martin, Major county, affirmed; !;
F. NJ. Snider vs.. T. ]. Perkins and R..
T. Davis, Bryan county, affirmed;
United States Express company VS..
State Of Oklahoma and ]. A. Hynd-
man. appeal from order Of corporation
commission. requiring appellant to
maintain an uptown Office in Hobart,
affirmed.
BY Justice Hayes Neil r. Ander-
son ct al. VS.. B. w. McMahan ct al
jackson county, dismissed; cherokee
National bank vs. Union Trust COM
pany, Craig county affirmed; Inter
national Bank of Bristow VS. Henry
Bowser, Okmulgee county, reversed
and remanded; City Of Shawnee vs..
State Publishing company, Pottawa-
tonne county. dismissed; State of Ok
lahoma VS.. D.. w. Poor, Pottawatomie
county dismissed; George Harlow VS..
Commissioners of Payne county, Payne
county, reversed and remanded; Hen
derson Sturges Piano company vs. T.
J. Smith, sheriff Pontotoc county, re-
versed; Tyler Commercial college VS..
Alta 2. stapleton, Logan county, af-
firmed; George Ferguson VS. A. C. Nc
Kee, Adair county. affirmed.