Great Northern Ry. Co. v. McDermid
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Eastern District of Washington. Action by Anson McDermid against the Great Northern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, District Judge.
This action was brought in the United States Circuit Court by Anson McDermid, a locomotive engineer, hereafter to be called the plaintiff, against the Great Northern Railway Company, hereafter to be called the defendant, to recover damages for an injury to plaintiff’s right eye, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in not furnishing a guard for a lubricator glass in the locomotive. The glass exploded and partially destroyed the eye of the plaintiff. Verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $4,000, and, from a judgment thereon, the defendant sued out this writ of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. BabcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Kreigh v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
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