Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Maerkl
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division-of the Western District of Washington. I Action at law by Anna Maerkl, administratrix, of the estate of George Maerkl, deceásed, against the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division-of the Western District of Washington. I Action at law by Anna Maerkl, administratrix, of the estate of George Maerkl, deceásed, against the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. This action was originally brought by George Maerkl, on the 9th of August, 1910, to recover from the plaintiff in error, defendant below, damages for personal injuries sustained’ by him while employed as a car carpenter in repairing a refrigerator car at the railway shops at South Tacoma, Wash.…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] It was stipulated by the parties:
“That the ear under which George Maerkl, the deceased, was injured, at the time was a Northern Pacific refrigerator car; that the defendant is now, and at the time of the injury of the said George Maerkl was, the owner of a line of railway extending from the state of Wisconsin to the Pacific Ooast, and also certain branch lines in the state of Washington, and during said time was transacting an extensive interstate and intrastate business as a common carrier; that in its business as a common carrier refrigerator cars…
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