Richardson v. Swift & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
James P. Richardson, the plaintiff in error, was the plaintiff in the action, which was brought to recover for personal injury incurred while in the service of the defendant in-error, Swift &Co., at Kansas City. The court directed a verdict for the defendant, and on that action error is assigned.
Summarized according to the declaration and the evidence, the case is this: The plaintiff was called away temporarily from Ms accustomed work, which did not expose him to the dangers of contact with machinery, and put to feeding fat pork, already so finely cut as to be in a mushy…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cole v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Nyback v. Champagne Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1899
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