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GREAT NORTHERN RY. CO. v. KNAPP

No. 690.

240 U.S. 464 (1916)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. KNAPP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 20, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.L. Janes, with whom Mr. E.C. Lindley and Mr. M.L. Countryman were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Tom Davis, with whom Mr. Ernest A. Michel and Mr. John I. Davis were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. The plaintiff (defendant in error) was the station agent at Dassel, Minnesota. It was a part of his duty to attend the pump house some distance from the station, once or twice a day, and keep filled the water tank for locomotives. The water was pumped by means of a gasoline engine, and the pump and engine were in a small room. In proceeding to...

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