CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 40340.

408 P.2d 789 (1965)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Johnson, of Savage, Gibson, Benefield & Shelton, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Foliart, Shepherd & McPherren, Russell F. Thompson, Oklahoma City, William A. Vassar, Chandler, for defendant in error.

Howard K. Berry, Sr., John H. Cantrell, Paul C. Duncan, Calvin W. Hendrickson, William A. Kerr, Baker H. Melone, Rinehart & Morrison, and Jack Ewing Wilson, Oklahoma City, Robert W. Blackstock, Bristow, C. Lawrence Elder, Tulsa, Tom Hieronymus, Woodward, A. H. Meacham, Clinton, Richardson, Cavanagh & Johnson, Lawton, Rinehart, Rinehart & Rinehart, El Reno, Hugh M. Sandlin, Holdenville, amici curiae.


WILLIAMS, Justice.

The respective parties to this appeal are herein called plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff, American Airlines, Inc., sued defendant, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, for damages for the destruction of two jet aircraft engines and for loss of their use until they could be replaced. The engines were being transported by means of a truck-trailer...

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