Southern Pac. Co. v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
69 F. 559 · 1895
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently June 1937
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company v. Kellogg · Union Pac Ry Co v. McDonald · Delaware Co v. Converse · Randall v. Baltimore O R · Railroad Company v. Houston
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There* is an entire absence of evidence as to how Johnson fell from tha engine, and the cause of his fall is involved in uncertainty and doubt. That he was thrown from the running board by reason of the jarring of the locomotive is not the only reasonable inference that the evidence is susceptible of, as counsel for defendant in error contends. If it were the only reasonable inference that could be drawn, it might then well be said that the question should have been submitted to the jury to abide their judgment and verdict. But whether the deceased fell from the engine by reason of his own negligence, or was thrown off, is uncertain. Even an appeal to conjecture, if such could supply the place of legitimate evidence, does not aid us, for several hypotheses present themselves. Johnson, in turning around to return to the cab, may have released his hand from the handrail, or he may have slipped, or possibly, as suggested by counsel for the company, he may have become dizzy.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The act of Johnson in going out on the running board while-the train was in motion, to tap down the check valve, was incidental to the business of an engineer. It was usual, customary, and necessary to be done, according to the witnesses. It entered into the nature of his employment, and became one of the duties thereof, and he assumed the ordinary risks connected therewith.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Notwithstanding the rule of this court prescribing the time within which bills of exception must be drawn up, it is undoubtedly within the power of the court to except a particular case from its operation whenever it is just to do so.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.