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NORTH CAROLINA R.R. v. LEE

No. 33.

260 U.S. 16 (1922)

NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY v. LEE, ADMINISTRATRIX OF LEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 16, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.R. Prince, with whom Mr. H. O'B. Cooper, Mr. John N. Wilson and Mr. L.E. Jeffries were on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. R.C. Strudwick, with whom Mr. John A. Barringer was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Southern Railway includes a line in North Carolina which is held under a ninety-nine year lease. On that line an employee was killed in March, 1919 — apparently while engaged in intrastate commerce. His administratrix brought, in a court of the State, this action for damages, alleging that the line was then being operated by the Southern as lessee, and that...

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