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MINN. & ST. LOUIS R.R. CO. v. GOTSCHALL

No. 251.

244 U.S. 66 (1917)

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY v. GOTSCHALL, ADMINISTRATRIX OF GOTSCHALL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Bremner and Mr. Frederick M. Miner for plaintiff in error, submitted.

Mr. Lyle Pettijohn, with whom Mr. W.R. Duxbury was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Basing her cause of action upon the Federal Employers' Liability Act, the defendant in error as administratrix of the estate of Merlin E. Gotschall, deceased, sued to recover from the Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, damages resulting from his death alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the company while he was in its employ engaged in interstate commerce. On this writ of

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