Chadwick v. Oregon-Washington R. & N. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: George N. Davis, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a personal injury action by Charles A. Chadwick against the Oregon-Washington Bailroad & Navigation Company, a corporation. The facts are as follows: The defendant is a railway corporation engaged in interstate commerce. The plaintiff was a switch engineer in its employ stationed at La Grande, that being a division point.
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From Multnomah: George N. Davis, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a personal injury action by Charles A. Chadwick against the Oregon-Washington Bailroad & Navigation Company, a corporation. The facts are as follows: The defendant is a railway corporation engaged in interstate commerce. The plaintiff was a switch engineer in its employ stationed at La Grande, that being a division point. Some miles west of La Grande on the defendant’s railwáy is the town of Perry. At that point a switch led from the main track to the mills of the Grande Ronde Lumber Company, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
1. This action is brought under the act of Congress of April 22, 1908, as amended by that body in 1910: U. S. Comp. Stats. 1913, §§ 8657-8665. It is there said:
“That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several states or territories * * shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce * * for such injury or death resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier. * * In all actions hereafter brought against any such common…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Pennsylvania Co. v. WhitcombIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Louisville & N. R. v. WeneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
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- Sonniksen v. Hood River Gas & Electric Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1915
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