Zontelli Brothers, a Corporation v. Northern Pacific Railway Company

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

The question presented for determination in this proceeding, which may be considered as ancillary to the main action, 1 is focused upon the right of appellee, Northern Pacific, to contribution from appellant, Zontelli, for a portion of the amount paid by Northern Pacific in settlement of a death claim.

One Orton Alfred Ryen, for brevity’s sake called Ryen, was an employee of Northern Pacific, who, while working as a member of a train crew on October 18, 1956, died from injuries received in a collision between the caboose on which he was riding and a motor vehicle being…