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UNION PAC. R.R. CO. v. LAUGHLIN

No. 623.

247 U.S. 204 (1918)

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. LAUGHLIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. N.H. Loomis, Mr. R.W. Blair and Mr. I.N. Watson, for plaintiff in error, submitted.

Mr. Edwin A. Krauthoff for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

Xedes, a section hand on the Union Pacific Railroad, was injured, in Kansas, while in the performance of his duties. Laughlin, an attorney at law, was employed by him in Missouri to prosecute and settle his claim against the company; and Xedes agreed that Laughlin should receive as compensation one-half of whatever amount he might obtain in settlement of the claim....

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