TEXAS & PACIFIC RY. CO. v. BOURMAN

No. 56.

212 U.S. 536 (1909)

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. BOURMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1909.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Payne Fenner, with whom Mr. William Wirt Howe was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Aldis B. Browne, with whom Mr. Albert Voorhies, Mr. A.E. Livaudais, Mr. Oliver S. Livaudais and Mr. Alexander Britton were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MOODY delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error, hereafter called the plaintiff, brought an action in the Circuit Court of the United States against the plaintiff in error, hereafter called the defendant, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been suffered through the defendant's negligence. The plaintiff had a verdict, which was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, and under existing...

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