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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & c. R'Y CO. v. EATON

No. 57.

183 U.S. 589 (1802)

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. v. EATON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1802.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.F. Evans for plaintiff in error. Mr. M.A. Low was on his brief.

Mr. Thomas C. Munger for defendant in error. Mr. John M. Stewart and Mr. A.E. Harvey were on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in the district court of Thayer County, Nebraska, by the defendant in error as the administrator of the estate of John R. Mathews, deceased, against the plaintiff in error, for damages, under a statute of the State, for the death of Mathews, caused by the derailment of the train of plaintiff in error upon which Mathews was a passenger.

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