Continental Improvement Co. v. Stead

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• referring to those responsible for “slackening] their speed and sound[ing] the whistle and ringing] the bell” as the “persons in charge of the train”
• “what is reasonable . . . depends on the context”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

130 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bowman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1888-03-19· cited 290×
• Godden v. Kimmell
  Supreme Court· 1879-04-21· cited 139×
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gentry
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-18· cited 135×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1896-03-30· cited 126×
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cody
  Supreme Court· 1897-04-19· cited 89×
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Griffith
  Supreme Court· 1895-11-18· cited 77×
• Zimmerman v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1880-04-15· cited 64×
• Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Cheesman
  Supreme Court· 1886-01-25· cited 63×
• Oleson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1896-01-23· cited 62×
• Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad v. Spilker
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1893-02-02· cited 57×
• Davis v. Boggs
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1921-07-05· cited 56×
• Norton v. North Carolina Railroad
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1898-04-12· cited 55×
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Martin
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1882-05-15· cited 55×
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. McIntosh
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1894-11-01· cited 45×
• Southern Pac. Co. v. Guthrie
  Ninth Circuit· 1950-02-15· cited 43×
• Dedra Shanklin, Individually and as Next Friend of Her Son Jessie Guy Shanklin v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-05-27· cited 41×
• Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. Brunker
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1890-12-10· cited 38×
• Long v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2005-06-29· cited 38×
• McGuire v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1894-12-15· cited 36×
• Wilkinson v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
  Utah Supreme Court· 1909-01-12· cited 36×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Mills v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1869-11-18· cited 7×