American Smelting & Refining Co. v. Karapa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. Action by John Karapa against the American Smelting & Refining Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error complains of a judgment against it for damages alleged to have been inflicted upon the defendant in error, one of its servants, by its failure to exercise reasonable care to guard a narrow pathway upon which its employé was placed at work. The complaint set forth in detail the character of the place, the nature of the negligence, and the alleged fact that the defendant in error was caused thereby to step off the pathway into an opening 12 feet deep, and was thereby seriously injured. The plaintiff in error, by its answer, denied these averments,…
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