Dickson v. Chattanooga Ry. & Light Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that while people may use railroad tracks as crossings, companies have no duty to maintain a lookout for people that are using the track as a bed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Barry v. Southern Pac. Co.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1946-03-04· cited 37×
• Evansville Container Corporation v. McDonald
  Sixth Circuit· 1942-12-04· cited 23×
• Robbins v. Pennsylvania Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1917-10-11· cited 16×
• Sears v. Texas & N. O. Ry. Co.
  Texas Commission of Appeals· 1924-11-26· cited 13×
• Landers v. Erie R. Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1917-06-19· cited 5×
• Vidal v. Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1924-02-18· cited 4×
• Cronopolous v. Pennsylvania Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1919-03-05· cited 2×
• Tutweiler v. Lowery
  Sixth Circuit· 1922-03-17· cited 2×
• Jeremy Scot Nelson v. the City of Lubbock
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2025-04-28

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rollestone v. Cassirer & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1907-11-27· cited 99×
• Chunn v. City & Suburban R. Co. of Washington
  Supreme Court· 1907-12-02· cited 68×
• Denver City Tramway Co. v. Cobb
  Eighth Circuit· 1908-09-05· cited 50×
• Toledo Traction Co. v. Cameron
  Sixth Circuit· 1905-04-25· cited 36×
• St. Louis & S. F. R. v. Summers
  Eighth Circuit· 1909-10-11· cited 24×
• Gilbert v. Erie R. Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1899-11-13· cited 23×
• Newport News & M. V. Co. v. Howe
  Sixth Circuit· 1892-10-04· cited 21×
• Tutt v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1900-11-07· cited 18×
• Baltimore & O. R. v. Hellenthal
  Sixth Circuit· 1898-07-05· cited 18×
• St. L., I. M. & S. Ry. v. Wilkerson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1885-11-15· cited 17×
• McKillop v. Duluth Street Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1893-06-21· cited 16×
• Keeshan v. Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1907-10-23· cited 14×
• Little Rock Ry. & Electric Co. v. Billings
  Eighth Circuit· 1909-10-25· cited 14×
• Iowa Cent. Ry. Co. v. Walker
  Eighth Circuit· 1913-02-26· cited 13×
• Baltimore & O. R. v. Anderson
  Sixth Circuit· 1898-02-08· cited 8×
• Winfrey v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1912-03-04· cited 7×
• New York, N. H. & H. R. Co. v. Kelly
  Second Circuit· 1899-04-04· cited 7×
• Little Rock Ry. & Electric Co. v. Billings
  Eighth Circuit· 1911-04-11· cited 6×