Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co. v. Howard
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
! In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. . Action by Frank Howard against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company for personal injuries. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Thayer, District Judge.
This is a suit for personal injuries which the defendant in error sustained in March, 1890, while in the service of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company as a locomotive fireman. On the trial in the circuit court it appeared that a flue-pocket was blown out of the boiler of the locomotive on which the defendant in error was employed, and that he was very severely scalded by hot steam which escaped from the boiler. A “flue-pocket,” so termed, is a short flue which extends into the boiler for about, six or eight inches behind the flue-sheet, and is closed at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Newcomb v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- United States v. Philadelphia & Reading RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Lovejoy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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