CHES. & OHIO RY. v. CARNAHAN

No. 743.

241 U.S. 241 (1916)

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. CARNAHAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1916.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David H. Leake, with whom Mr. Walter Leake was on the brief, for the plaintiff in error.1

Mr. C.W. Allen and Mr. H.W. Walsh filed a brief for defendant in error.1


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Error to review a judgment in favor of defendant in error for $25,000 damages for injuries sustained through the asserted negligence of plaintiff in error.

The action was at law under the Employers' Liability Act of Congress. April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65; April 5, 1910, c. 143, 36 Stat. 291. In accordance with the state law it was tried to a jury of seven. This is assigned as error. The only other...

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