Legal Opinion

Raymond v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 6, 1917No. 636PublishedCited by 83 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This was an action for personal injuries begun in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington, the petition averring that the plaintiff was a citizen of that State and the deféndant a foreign corporation. The facts are stated in the opinion..

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White

Raymond, the plaintiff in error, sued the Railway Company, a foreign corporation doing business in Washington, to recover damages resulting from injuries sustained by him while in its employ. The petition alleged that the defendant operated an interstate commerce railroad between Chicago and Seattle and that for the purpose of shortening its main line and making more efficient and expeditious its freight and passenger service, was engaged in cutting a tunnel through the mountain between Horrick’s Spur and Rockdale in Washington. It was averred that plaintiff was employed by the defendant in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. YurkonisSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. NashSupreme Court of the United States · 1917

3Cited by83 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. C. W. Vollmer & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Victory Sparkler & Specialty Co. v. FrancksCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
  3. Clyde v. BroderickCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
  4. Chambers Construction Company, a Corporation, and L. H. Chambers v. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
  5. Walling v. Patton-Tulley Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943

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