Cliffe v. Pacific Mail S. S. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Action at law, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant. Demurrer to the amended complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
This is an action to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant. A demurrer has been interposed to the amended complaint on the ground that neither of the two causes of action set out in the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The; first cause of action states, substantially, that the plaintiff was employed by a firm of stevedores to unload rock ballast from the steamship City of Sydney, owned and operated by the defendant; that while so engaged in said work it was…
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- The Max MorrisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1885
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