Cules v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered February 16, 1918, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a railroad laborer. -
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant, a track laborer in the employ of the respondent, received personal injuries while engaged with other workmen in loading steel rails upon a flat car. It is conceded that the respondent was a common carrier of interstate commerce by railroad, and that the work in which the appellant was engaged was in the prosecution of the carrier’s business as such an interstate carrier. The appellant brought this action under the Federal employers ’ liability act (Act April 12,1908, c. 149, 35 U. S. Stat. at Large, p. 65 [U. S. Comp St., §§ 8657-8665]) to recover for his injuries. At the trial…
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