Shade v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
At Law. Action by Pete Shade against the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Oso Logging Company. On demurrer to complaint by defendant Logging Company.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
This cause is for decision upon the demurrer of the defendant Oso Logging Company to plaintiff’s complaint, urged upon the ground that, the jurisdiction of the court being invoked solely under the federal Employer’s Liability Act, sufficient facts are not stated in the complaint to constitute a cause of action against the demurring defendant.
It is alleged in the complaint that the plaintiff was injured by the *354fall of one of the cars of the defendant railway company, which, with others, had been wrecked and ditched, and that :
“Plaintiff was employed at said time by tbe…
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