ERIE R.R. CO. v. HAMILTON

No. 112.

248 U.S. 369 (1919)

ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY v. HAMILTON, COUNTY TREASURER OF THE COUNTY OF ROCKLAND, AS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF MISTSCHOOK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William C. Cannon, with whom Mr. Frederic B. Jennings and Mr. Harold W. Bissell were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Herbert C. Smyth, with whom Mr. Frederic C. Scofield, Mr. Charles Angulo and Mr. Charles C. Sanders were on the briefs, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

The Erie Railroad Company was sued in the State of New York by the defendant in error to recover damages for the claimed negligent causing of the death of Stephen Mistschook, who was a subject of the Emperor of Russia and who left surviving him a wife and three children resident in Russia.

After denying negligence and liability, the company averred that it had...

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