North Dakota v. Great Northern Ry. Co.

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This was a personal injury action in which the court directed a verdict in favor of defendant. From the judgment entered on that verdict plaintiff has appealed. For the purpose of convenience and to avoid confusion, we shall refer to Clarence Ruud as plaintiff and the Great Northern Railway Company as defendant.

Plaintiff alleged that at the time of receiving his injuries he was an employee of Thomas J. Brown, a federal licensed grain inspector, at Grand Forks, North Dakota, and that while he was within the scope of his employment sampling grain was injured by the…