Legal Opinion

Miller v. Union Pacific Railway

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado

Decided June 15, 1882PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Ruling on Demurrer.)

1Opinion of the Court

McCrary, Circuit Judge.

The complaint avers, among other things, the following facts:

First—That the defendant contracted with plaintiff for his services as a carpenter, to work at his trade for defendant, and that *490by the terms of the contract plaintiff was to report to and work under the orders and instructions of a foreman, employed by the company to superintend and oversee the carpenter work of said company at a certain coal mine, situated on a branch line of defendant’s railroad, in Elbert county, Colorado.

Second—That plaintiff was directed to, and did, proceed to said coal mine, and there…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lalor v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Rimmer v. WilsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1908
  2. Rettig v. Fifth Avenue Transportation Co.The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1893
  3. Walker v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1900

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