Kyner v. Portland Gold Mixing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. Action by Percy E. Kyner against the Portland Gold Mining Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
While employed as an engineer’s helper or oiler in the engine house of a mine in Colorado, the plaintiff in error was caught, thrown, and injured by a moving cable ov.er which he was stepping at the time, and he now complains that, upon the trial of an action brought by him against his employer, the defendant in error, to recover damages for the injuries so sustained, the Circuit Court directed a verdict against him. The only evidence relating to the circumstances surrounding the injury was that given by the plaintiff himself, and it conclusively established these…
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- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- National Masonic Acc. Ass'n of Des Moines v. ShryockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- United States Smelting Co. v. ParryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Butler v. FrazeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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