Mahr v. Union Pac. R.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Washington. The plaintiff in error brought suit to recover damages for personal injuries which he alleged he sustained at Lookout in the state of Wyoming on September 28, 1901, while being carried as a passenger on a freight train belonging to the defendant in error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Washington. The plaintiff in error brought suit to recover damages for personal injuries which he alleged he sustained at Lookout in the state of Wyoming on September 28, 1901, while being carried as a passenger on a freight train belonging to the defendant in error. It appears that the plaintiff was being carried by defendant in a freight car under an agreement to transport and carry various articles of household furniture and domestic animals, together with plaintiff, from Denver, Colo.,…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The suit involves plaintiff’s claim of damages for personal injuries and the validity of the settlement and release of that claim. The claim for loss and damage to plaintiff’s property and the settlement and release of that claim is not a subject of controversy. The objection to the release of the claim of damages for personal injuries is that there was evidence on the part of the plaintiff tending to show that the release was executed by the plaintiff at a time when by reason of his injuries his mental condition was such that he was incapable of…
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