WABASH R.R. v. HAYES

No. 843.

234 U.S. 86 (1914)

WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. HAYES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. McShane for defendant in error in support of the motion.

Mr. J.L. Minnis, Mr. John M. Zane and Mr. Charles F. Morse for plaintiff in error, in opposition to the motion.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action against a railroad company to recover for a personal injury sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the company while he was employed as a switchman in its railroad yard in Cook County, Illinois. The action was brought in the Superior Court of that county, and a trial to the court and a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the...

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