Reeve v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered September 8, 1913, dismissing an action for personal injuries under the Federal employers’ liability act, after a trial on the merits to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant was in the employment of the respondent as a laborer, his specific duties being to assist in supplying the respondent’s baggage, mail, and other cars with water and fuel, and to aid otherwise in fitting them for service on the respondent’s railway. On the evening of June 23, 1911, the appellant and another employee of the respondent, after performing their duties with respect to certain cars, entered a baggage car of the respondent in which was a third employee. On entering the baggage car, the appellant sat down on the floor in the door of the car, with his feet outside of the…
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