American Car & Foundry Co. v. Duke
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Chas. B. Witmer, Judge. Action at law by William T. Duke against the American Car & Foundry Company. Judgment for plaintiff,. and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODLEY, Circuit Judge.
This action arose out of the relation which the parties bore to one another of master and servant, wherein the plaintiff below, hereinafter called the plaintiff, sought to recover from the defendant below, hereinafter called the defendant, damages for personal injuries caused by the negligence of the defendant. The particular negligence imputed to the defendant, and which is alleged to have occasioned the injuries of which the plaintiff complains, is: First, the failure of the master to supply its servant with a “reasonably safé place in which to work; and, second, its…
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