Matson v. Hines

HONORABLE ROT E. ATERS, District Judge,

sitting in place of MR. JUSTICE REYNOLDS, disqualified, delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff: brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by him during his employment as a section-hand for the Northern Pacific Railway Company. The injury pleaded was a relaxation of the left inguinal ring, left side and back, and left lower part of the abdomen. The negligence charged is that defendant failed to furnish a sufficient number of servants to assist plaintiff in lifting and carrying a railroad rail weighing approximately 750…