Horton v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered May 81, 1912, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee of an interstate railroad.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action by the administrator of the estate of Wilbur F. Horton, deceased, for the benefit of the surviving widow and children of decedent, to recover damages for wrongful death under the Federal employers’ liability act. *504The amended complaint alleged, in substance: That the defendant was a corporation engaged in interstate commerce by railroad; that the decedent was employed by the defendant as a pumper at Onyx, Idaho, and operated at that place a pumping plant for the purpose of supplying the locomotives of the defendant with water; that decedent lived two or three miles from the pumping…
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- Central R. of New Jersey v. ColasurdoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
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