Smith v. Day
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. Action by Henry Smith against J. C. & I. N. Day for personal injuries. There was a judgment for defendants (86 Fed. 62), and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
At the time of the injury for which the plaintiff in error brought this action, the defendants J. G. & I. N. Day were engaged, as contractors for the United States, in making rock excavations for the locks then in course of construction at the point on the Columbia river known as the “Cascade Locks.” Their work was being carried on within the boundaries of the tract of land that had been theretofore acquired by the government by condemnation proceedings for the purposes of the work then under construction. Across this tract congress had, by joint resolution, authorized the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Little v. HackettSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Smith v. DayU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1898
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Marion Construction Co. v. SteepletonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1931
- Mayor of Baltimore v. Maryland ex rel. HutchisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
- Erie R. v. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- Smith v. DayU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1905
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