Opinion
No. 12882.
December 5, 1951.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; James Alger Fee, Judge.
Elton Watkins, Portland, Or., for appellant.
Hugh L. Biggs, George H. Fraser, Cleveland C. Cory, Hart, Spencer, McCulloch, Rockwood Davies, all of Portland, Or., for appellee.
Before HEALY and POPE, Circuit Judges, and LEMMON, District Judge.
This is a suit against a railroad company under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., by an employee of a bona fide independent contractor. The appeal is from a judgment dismissing the employee's suit. The judgment is affirmed for the reason given in the district court's opinion, D.C., 101 F. Supp. 350.