Pennsylvania Co. v. Fishack
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. This action was brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error in the common pleas court of Richland county, Ohio, from whence it was removed to the lower court, to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by him whilst in its employ as a fireman on one of its yard engines.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. This action was brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error in the common pleas court of Richland county, Ohio, from whence it was removed to the lower court, to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by him whilst in its employ as a fireman on one of its yard engines. The injury was quite serious, and he obtained a verdict and judgment for the sum of $15,000. His regular employment was not in the yard, but out on the road. On the night of November 18, 1900, by direction of defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, District Judge
This case really presents a question as to the liability of a railroad company for an injury to one of «its employés on one of its trains *467whilst being operated by its employés upon the railroad of another company, under some traffic arrangement, occasioned by a collision between it and cars stationed thereon. But, as stated in his petition, plaintiff’s case was as if his injury had been received whilst the train was being operated on defendant’s own road. No reference is made therein to the railroad, cars, or employés of any other company as having any connection therewith. And the lower…
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- Central Railroad Company v. KeeganSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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