Smith v. Day
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
This was an action at law by Henry Smith against J. G. & I. N. Day and the Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company to recover damages for personal injuries. The jury returned a verdict for defendants, and the plaintiff now moves for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
BELLINGER, District Judge.
This is an action for damages resulting from an injury received by the plaintiff under the following circumstances: The plaintiff was a passenger on hoard the navigation company’s boat, from the Dalles to Portland. At the Cascade Locks the defendants J. G. & I. N. Day were engaged, as contractors for the government, in making rock excavations for the locks then in course of construction at that point. Their work was being carried on within what is known as the “Government Reserve,” being lands reservéd by the government for the purposes of the work under…
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