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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. SELEY

No. 119.

152 U.S. 145 (1894)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. SELEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maxwell Evarts, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.A. Hoeling, Jr., and Mr. J.M. Wilson, (with whom was Mr. Samuel Shellabarger on the brief,) for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The theory upon which the plaintiff proceeded in the court below was that Seley lost his life by reason of the negligence of the defendant, a railroad company, in using in its switches what is called an "unblocked frog."

A frog, in railroad parlance, is a section of a rail, or of several rails combined, at a point where two railways cross...

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