UNION PAC. R. CO. v. BLANK

No. 13593.

167 F.2d 291 (1948)

UNION PAC. R. CO. v. BLANK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

April 8, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Hamer, of Omaha, Neb., (T. F. Hamer and G. C. Holdrege, both of Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for appellant.

James J. Fitzgerald, of Omaha, Neb., (Fitzgerald, Tesar & Welch, of Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for appellee R. Murle Blank.

Bryce Crawford, Jr., of Omaha, Neb. (Harry L. Welch, of Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for appellee Ray Isard, doing business as Isard Painting & Decorating Co.

Before GARDNER, THOMAS, and COLLET, Circuit Judges.


COLLET, Circuit Judge.

Appeal from a judgment in favor of R. Murle Blank for personal injuries against the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Since there was a third party defendant, clarity will be served by referring to the parties by name.

Mr. Blank was injured on March 29, 1943, in one of the Union Pacific's shop buildings in Omaha, Nebraska. He was in the employ of Ray Isard, a painting contractor. Mr. Isard had contracted with the Union Pacific to paint...

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