Schantz v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Action for personal injuries, in District Court, Morton County, Crawford, J. From a judgment entered upon a verdict directed for tbe defendant, tbe plaintiff appeals. “A track repairer engaged in repairing a track over wbicb botb interstate and intrastate trains move is embraced witbin tbe provisions of tbe Federal Employers’ Liability Act.” Tbornton, Fed.
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Action for personal injuries, in District Court, Morton County, Crawford, J. From a judgment entered upon a verdict directed for tbe defendant, tbe plaintiff appeals. “A track repairer engaged in repairing a track over wbicb botb interstate and intrastate trains move is embraced witbin tbe provisions of tbe Federal Employers’ Liability Act.” Tbornton, Fed. Employers’ Liability Act, 3d ed. § 48, p. 76. Also see cases cited therein; Pedersen v. Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. 229 U. S. 146, 57 L. ed. 1125; Moyse v. N. P. R. Co. (Mont.) 108 Pac. 1062; 8 Thomp. Neg. § 4557. “An employee working at…
1Opinion of the CourtBronson, J.
This appeal is taken from a judgment entered upon a direct verdict ordered at the close of plaintiff’s case. Raphael Schantz, the deceased, a boy sixteen years of age, was seriously injured in the month of April, 1916, while attempting to board a moving-freight train. Thereafter he died in a hospital on August 21, 1916. This action is brought by the administrator of the deceased under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages due to the alleged negligence of the railway company. On the day of the injury the deceased was in the employ of the company as a section hand with a. crow…
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