BALTIMORE & OHIO R. CO.

v.

SPOTTS

Citator

Cited By

• Laughlin v. Loftin, 62 So. 2d 745 (Fla. 1952)
  …which showed that no fault could be laid to the engineer or the fireman for this condition. The statute imposes an absolute duty on the railroad company. Spotts v. Baltimore & O. Railway Co., 7 Cir., 102 F. 2d 160; Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. Spotts, 307 U.S. 641, 59 S.Ct. 1039, 83 L.Ed. 1522. The net result of the evidence is that the water went below the danger point and caused the boiler to explode. Whether this was due to the leak in the steam pipe or some other cause, is not certain, or whether the cau…
• Tex. & Pac. Ry. Co. v. Griffith, 265 F.2d 489 (5th Cir. 1959)
  …ne not in violation of the Act) as “one when used in the normal and usual manner is adequate to produce the desired result". This language is taken directly from Spotts v. Baltimore & Ohio Ry. Co., 7 Cir., 1938, 102 F. 2d 160, 162, certiorari denied 307 U.S. 641, 59 S.Ct. 1039, 83 L.Ed. 1522. In the Spotts case, the plaintiff was injured when the brake fell over while he was operating it, causing him to fall with it. After the accident inspectors tested the brake and found no defects in the mechanism. No re…
• Heinz Haber v. The United States, 831 F.2d 1051 (Fed. Cir. 1987)
  …F. 2d 781 (Ct.Cl. 1930) (refund suit held untimely). The degree of formality necessary to demonstrate a “reconsideration on the merits” was also in doubt. First National Bank of Chicago v. United States, 102 F. 2d 907, 915 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 307 U.S. 641, 59 S.Ct. 1038, 83 L.Ed.2d 1521 (1939). The resulting uncertainty led to considerable litiga [*1055] tion. See H.R.Rep. No. 2818, 74th Cong., 2d Sess. 11 (1936). As noted in the Senate Committee Report, Congress amended the Internal Revenue Code spe…