Lehigh Valley R. v. Scanlon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Action by John W. Scanlon against the Eehigh Valley Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error, while in the employ of the plaintiff in error, a railroad corporation engaged in interstate commerce, was injured on the 10th of December, 1915, and has maintained this action successfully below, recovering damages for a substantial sum. The plaintiff in error maintains a large freight yard at Sayre, Pa., where it has an extensive and complicated system of storage, classification, and switching tracks.
The defendant in error sustained his injuries in what was known as the lower yard, which is approximately 200 feet south of the Sayre depot. The…
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