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ATLANTIC COAST LINE R.R. CO. v. MIMS

No. 242.

242 U.S. 532 (1917)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. MIMS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF MIMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 15, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. P.A. Willcox, Mr. L.W. McLemore and Mr. Douglas McKay were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William S. Nelson, with whom Mr. J. Team Gettys, Mr. John H. Clifton and Mr. Jo-Berry Sloan Lyles were on the briefs, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

On December 10th, 1910, John J. Mims, a car inspector in the employ of the plaintiff in error, when attempting to cross a track to inspect a train of cars which had just arrived, was run down and killed by a switching engine at a public crossing in the City of Sumter, South Carolina.

In April following this suit was commenced by the filing of a complaint, which...

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