ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R. CO. v. SKAGGS

No. 194.

240 U.S. 66 (1916)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. SKAGGS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1916.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.S. Horton, with whom Mr. Blewett Lee was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Humphrey Barton, with whom Mr. John H. Kay was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment recovered under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. There is no question but that the defendant in error, Fulton M. Skaggs, was injured while he was engaged in interstate commerce in the course of his employment by the plaintiff in error. It is contended that the state court erred in its application of the statute to the facts, both with respect to the conditions...

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