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OHIO RIVER CONTRACT CO. v. GORDON

No. 594.

244 U.S. 68 (1917)

OHIO RIVER CONTRACT COMPANY v. GORDON, JUDGE OF THE JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Overton Harris, with whom Mr. A.E. Richards was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Matthew O'Doherty, with whom Mr. Morton K. Yonts was on the briefs, for defendant in error.

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

In July, 1914, one Haines sued the Ohio River Contract Company, the plaintiff in error, and Swisher, one of its employees, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Kentucky, to recover damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendants while Haines was in the employ of the company. The defendant company by appropriate pleadings challenged the power...

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