Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Selby

Decided November 15, 1874. Samuel H. Buskirk wrote the opinion for the court.

47 Ind. 471 · Cited 79 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad v. Heaton · 37 Ind. 448
• Indiana Central Railway Co. v. Mundy · 21 Ind. 48
• Indianapolis, Bloomington, & Western Railway Co. v. Beaver · 41 Ind. 493
• Jeffersonville, Madison, & Indianapolis R. R. v. Hendricks · 41 Ind. 48
• Nolton v. . Western Railroad Corporation · 15 N.Y. 444
• Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad v. Dunlap · 29 Ind. 426
• Smith v. . the New York Central Railroad Company · 24 N.Y. 222
• Gillenwater v. Madison & Indianapolis Railroad · 5 Ind. 339
• Thayer v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R. · 22 Ind. 26
• Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad v. Remmy · 13 Ind. 518
• Wright v. Gaff · 6 Ind. 416
• Adams Express Co. v. Fendrick · 38 Ind. 150
• Indianapolis, Pittsburg, & Cleveland Railroad v. Allen · 31 Ind. 394

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• Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co. v. Isgrig · 181 Ind. 211
• Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad v. Spilker · 134 Ind. 380
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• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Case · 174 Ind. 369
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• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Faylor · 126 Ind. 126
• Oölitic Stone Co. v. Ridge · 174 Ind. 558
• St. Louis & South-Eastern Railway Co. v. Mathias · 50 Ind. 65
• Ohio & Mississippi R. W. Co. v. Nickless · 71 Ind. 271
• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Berkey · 136 Ind. 181
• Richmond Gas Co. v. Baker · 146 Ind. 600
• Payne v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railway Co. · 157 Ind. 616
• Rosenfeld v. Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. · 103 Ind. 121
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad v. Nelson · 51 Ind. 150
• New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Doane · 115 Ind. 435
• Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. Krapf · 143 Ind. 647
• Kerr v. Perry School Township · 162 Ind. 310
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• Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Ford · 167 Ind. 205
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