ILL. CENT. R.R. v. BEHRENS

No. 241.

233 U.S. 473 (1914)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. BEHRENS, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Blewett Lee, with whom Mr. Hunter C. Leake and Mr. Gustave Lemle were on the brief, for the Illinois Central Railroad Company.

Mr. Armand Romain for Behrens, Administrator.


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

In an action in the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65, against a railroad company, by a personal representative to recover for the death of his intestate, the plaintiff prevailed, and the defendant took the case by writ...

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