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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. WILLIAMS

No. 15662.

245 F.2d 397 (1957)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. W. E. WILLIAMS, Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, a Corporation, and Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. B. Howland, Des Moines, Iowa (Oscar E. Johnson, Robert M. Stuart, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and B. A. Webster, Jr., Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief), for appellant.

Harold T. Beckman, Council Bluffs, Iowa (John LeRoy Peterson, Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the brief), for appellee, W. E. Williams.

J. H. Anderson, Omaha, Neb. (F. J. Melia, G. C. Holdrege, F. J. Given, Omaha, Neb., and Addison C. Kistle, Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the brief), for appellee, Union Pac. R. Co.

Ray H. Johnson, Jr., Des Moines, Iowa (Frank W. Davis and Davis, Huebner & Johnson, Des Moines, Iowa, on the brief), for appellee, Chicago & N. W. R. Co.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and VOGEL and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.

GARDNER, Chief Judge.

This was an action sounding in tort brought by appellee William E. Williams against the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company to recover damages on account of personal injuries suffered by plaintiff while he was attempting to close a door on a box-car owned by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. He charged the three named railroad...

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