Dahn v. McAdoo
District Court, N.D. Iowa
At Raw. Action by Arthur Dahn against William G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads, and the Illinois Central Railroad Company. On dcmuri-ers by the Director General to the petition and by plaintiff to certain counts of the answer.
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At Raw. Action by Arthur Dahn against William G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads, and the Illinois Central Railroad Company. On dcmuri-ers by the Director General to the petition and by plaintiff to certain counts of the answer. This action was commenced November 22, 1938, to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the plaintiff on May 29, 1918, while employed as a United States railway mail clerk upon the Illinois Central Railroad, because of the alleged negligence of the railroad company in the construction and maintenance of its track, bridges, and roadbed, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The first ground of the demurrer is substantially a repetition of the motions to dismiss the action agaipst both defendants, and, in view of the ¡ruling heretofore made on those motions, needs but little consideration. By the act of Congress approved August 29, 1916, it is provided :
“The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of all other traffic…
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