Kern v. Chicago, M. & P. S. Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Action by A. D. Kern against the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company. On motion of plaintiff’s attorneys to strike from defendant’s answer one of the defenses. Motion denied. Plaintiff’s attorneys allowed to continue action, notwithstanding the allegation of settlement.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
This suit is brought by the plaintiff, a citizen of Washington, against the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company, a Washington corporation, alleged to be engaged in interstate commerce, for injuries .received by the plaintiff while returning at night, from his work on a bridge of defendant’s line, to a construction camp where the plaintiff and his fellow laborers boarded, upon a hand car furnished by the defendant for that purpose, and which bridge and line were used by the defendant in hauling great quantities of interstate traffic.
The cause is now befóse…
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- Potter v. Ajax Mining Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1900
- Lipscomb v. AdamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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