Case Name: ST. LOUIS & S. F. RY. CO. et al. v. HICKS
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1895-09-02
Citations: 69 F. 531
Docket Number: No. 585
Parties: ST. LOUIS & S. F. RY. CO. et al. v. HICKS.
Judges: Before CALDWELL, SANBORN, and THAYER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 69
Pages: 531–532

Head Matter:
ST. LOUIS & S. F. RY. CO. et al. v. HICKS.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
September 2, 1895.)
No. 585.
Railroad Companies—Liability for Negligence-Injuries to Persons on Track.
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas.
B. R. Davidson (Edward D. Kenna, on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.
Oscar L. Miles, for defendant in error.
Before CALDWELL, SANBORN, and THAYER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This was an action brought by Harrison Hicks, administrator of the estate of William Spoon, deceased, the defendant in error, to recover damages from the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company and its receivers, the plaintiffs in error, for the death of the deceased, which he alleged was caused by the negligence of the company. The essential facts in this case, and the theory of the law upon which the case was tried, were the same as in No. 581.—Railway Co. v. Bennett (just decided by this court) 69 Fed. 525. For the reasons stated in the opinion in that case the judgment below must be reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to grant a new trial, and it is so ordered.