Stoll v. Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
At Law. Actio-n by J. L. Stoll against the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. On demurrer to affirmative defense.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
This is a suit for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff at Tacoma, while employed receiving and storing cargo aboard a ship; that is, a stevedore. The plaintiff is a citizen of Washington, while the defendant is a California corporation and interstate water carrier between the ports of Puget Soun(l and those in other states and territories of the United States. The matter is before the court on demurrer to an affirmative defense, alleging that the employment in which plaintiff was engaged at the time of his injury was covered by .a…
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