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SEABOARD AIR LINE v. TILGHMAN

No. 713.

237 U.S. 499 (1915)

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY v. TILGHMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Murray Allen for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William C. Douglass, with whom Mr. Clyde A. Douglass and Mr. Robert N. Simms were on the brief, for defendant in error.

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

This was an action in the Superior Court of Wake County, North Carolina, under the Employers' Liability Act of Congress, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65, c. 143, 36 Stat. 291, to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a head-on collision of two passenger trains, of one of which he was the conductor in charge. A trial of the issues resulted in a verdict finding that the plaintiff's injuries were...

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