Legal Opinion
Volk v. B. F. Sturtevant Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 19, 1900No. 334PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit at common law, wherein the circuit court directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff thereupon sued out this writ of error. The suit was commenced by Lawrence Esch, who afterwards deceased, and the present plaintiff intervened as administratrix of his estate. The first count in *277the declaration, omitting the allegations of the details of the injuries done, reads as follows:
“And the rdaintifi' gays that on December 5, 1898, he was In the employ of the defendant as a workman, and, in the regular line of his duty, was in the bottom of an elevator…
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- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArchibaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Tuttle v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Mather v. RillstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Whitney v. New York, N. H. & H. R.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Kirkpatrick v. St. Louis & S. F. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908