Federal Mining & Smelting Co. v. Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Action at law by Andy Anderson against tire Federal Mining & Smelting Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
[1] The defendant in error recovered in the court below a verdict and judgment for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of the negligence of the defendant to the action, plaintiff in error here. The plaintiff was employed in the operation of a cage of one of the defendant’s mines, and while the latter was being lowered in the shaft, with the plaintiff on it, in passing the 1,000-foot level of the mine on its way to the 1,800-foot level, a piece of steel protruding from the level was struck by the cage and knocked against the arm of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Perkins v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1912