Stool v. Southern Pac. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion: Percy E. Kelly, Judge. This is an action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act by the plaintiff on behalf of herself as widow and her infant son, to recover damages for the killing of her husband, Oluf Olson Stool, while employed as a section-man for the defendant.
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From Marion: Percy E. Kelly, Judge. This is an action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act by the plaintiff on behalf of herself as widow and her infant son, to recover damages for the killing of her husband, Oluf Olson Stool, while employed as a section-man for the defendant. The deceased had been in the employ of the defendant most of the time for a year previous to the accident which resulted in his death, with the exception of a lay-off on account of' some slight ailment for about three weeks just before the accident. He had returned to work the day before he was killed. He…
1Opinion of the CourtMcBRIDE, C. J.
Learned counsel for defendant has stated concisely the basic questions which arise in the examination of this case, namely: (1) Was de*357cedent injured while performing duties connected with interstate commerce, and (2) was defendant guilty of negligence in any particular constituting a proximate cause of the injury. A multitude of minor questions relating to the admission of testimony and. the giving or refusing of instructions are discussed in the briefs and will be considered in their order, but as those above noted are fundamental and go to the right of plaintiff to recover in any event,…
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