Southern Pac. Co. v. De Valle Da Costa
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. Action by Viscount De Valle Da Costa, as administrator of Dclfiuo Rodriguez, deceased, against the Southern Pacific Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This is a writ of error for review of the rulings of the Circuit Court in an action of tort for causing the death of the plaintiff's intestate, Delfino Rodriguez, through negligence.
The case lias been before the courts in various aspects. See 160 Fed. 216; 167 Fed. 654; and 176 Fed. 843, 100 C. C. A. 313.
Rodriguez, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal, was a coal passer on the steamship El Valle. His bunk was in the forecastle, wherein was an auxiliary engine used for moving the capstan and windlass. Steam ivas supplied to this engine by a steam pipe connected with a…
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