Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Berven

SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment for plaintiff-appellee, in the amount of $7,500, for injuries sustained by appellee through the alleged negligence of appellant, while employed as a car repairer in the shops of appellant at South Tacoma, Wash. By virtue of section 7693, Remington’s Compiled Statutes of Washington 1922, as amended by Laws Wash. 1925 (Ex. Sess.) p. 98, the action is controlled by the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 USGA §§ 51-59.

The principal assignments of error challenge rulings of the trial court denying appellant’s…