Egan v. Erie Railroad

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that Legislature’s failure to respond to court’s interpretation of statute is evidence that such interpretation accords with legislative intent
• noting “the practical impossibility of adequately fencing or guarding [all railroad rights of way] against trespassers”
• 7-year-old negligent in attempting to board moving freight train

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).