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GULF, COLORADO & c RY. CO. v. McGINNIS

No. 762.

228 U.S. 173 (1913)

GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. v. McGINNIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Culwell, with whom Mr. J.W. Terry, Mr. Gardiner Lathrop and Mr. A.B. Browne were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Winbourn Pearce and Mr. A.L. Curtis for defendant in error submitted.

MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in a state court of Texas under the Employers' Liability Act of April 22, 1908, 35 Stat. 65, c. 149, by the administratrix of W.T. McGinnis, to recover damages for his negligent death while in the service of the plaintiff in error and while engaged as engineer on an interstate passenger train. The cause of the death was a derailment which occurred...

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