American Locomotive Co. v. White
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania; James S. Young, Judge. Action by William H. White against the American Locomotive Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
The facts of this case are as follows:
A locomotive built by the defendant company had been moved from the erecting shop into the yard, and was there undergoing inspection under steam by an agent of the purchaser. A running board attached to the left side of the boiler had been found to need straightening, and had been taken off and lowered to the ground. The straightening having been finished, a foreman in control of a gang of laborers undertook to replace the board, and in the course of executing his orders the plaintiff suffered the injuries complained of. The…
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