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GREAT NORTHERN RY. CO. v. DONALDSON

No. 172.

246 U.S. 121 (1918)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. DONALDSON, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THOMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.G. Dorety, with whom Mr. E.C. Lindley and Mr. F.V. Brown were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James McCabe, with whom Mr. Hyman Zettler and Mr. John C. Higgins were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

Adaline Donaldson as administratrix of the estate of Vance H. Thoms, deceased, brought suit in the Superior Court of Snohomish County, Washington, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, to recover damages for injuries received which resulted in the death of Vance H. Thoms, by reason of a boiler explosion upon one of defendant's engines upon which decedent was employed as an engineer.

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