Portland Gold Mining Co. v. Duke
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover for personal injuries, and the principal question presented to us is whether the Circuit Court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendant at the close of the evidence.
The injuries were sustained in a reduction mill which the defendant -was operating in the state of Colorado, and in which the plaintiff was an employé. One of the appliances in the mill was a belt, witli metallic cups thereon, whereby crushed ore was conveyed from a pit in the lower part of the mill to a higher part. Motion was communicated to this conveyor…
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- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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- Town of South Ottawa v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Illinois Cent. R. v. HartCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
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- Wood v. Potlatch Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914