Hatton v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Judge. Action by Anna E. Hatton, administratrix, against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This is an action under the federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908 (chapter 149, 35 Stat. at Large, 65), as amended by the Act of April 5, 1910 (chapter 143, 36 Stat. at Large, 291), by an administratrix to recover for injuries to and the death of her intestate. In the court below a verdict was directed for the defendant, and the plaintiff excepted.
The declaration contains four counts. In the first two counts the negligence charged is that—
“of the officers, agents or employés of said carrier [the defendant] in allowing a barrel of brass to fall so that the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Boldt v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Jacobs v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Smith v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
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