LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R.R. v. MELTON

No. 180.

218 U.S. 36 (1910)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. MELTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin D. Warfield, with whom Mr. Henry Lane Stone was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James W. Clay, with whom Mr. William L. Gordon, Mr. William J. Cox, Mr. Maurice K. Gordon and Mr. J.F. Clay were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

For personal injuries Spencer Melton recovered a judgment against the plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court of Hopkins County, Kentucky. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment (127 Kentucky, 276), whereupon this writ of error was prosecuted.

Melton, a carpenter, was injured on March 21, 1905, while in the employ of the railway company. He was one of a construction...

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