PATCH v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 57.

207 U.S. 277 (1907)

PATCH v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 2, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George C. Otto for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. Wells H. Blodgett was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff in error to recover for the death of his intestate in a collision upon the defendant's railroad in Illinois. The action was begun in a court of the State and the defendants forthwith filed a petition for the removal of the cause to the United States Circuit Court. The petition averred, among other things, that the defendant...

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