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BURTON v. NEW YORK CENT. R.R. CO.

Nos. 71, 72.

245 U.S. 315 (1917)

BURTON v. NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. HEEREN v. NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William F. Connell for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Robert A. Kutschbock, with whom Mr. Charles C. Paulding and Mr. Alex. S. Lyman were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

These actions, which were tried together in the Supreme Court of New York and argued together here, arise out of the same facts and involve the same question of law. The plaintiffs, mother and daughter, both residents of Pennsylvania, occupied the same berth in a Pullman car while travelling from their home to New York City. At Syracuse, New York, police officers of...

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