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GOOCH v. OREGON SHORT LINE R.R. CO.

No. 90.

258 U.S. 22 (1922)

GOOCH v. OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.H. Peterson, with whom Mr. T.C. Coffin was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. George H. Smith, with whom Mr. Henry W. Clark was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for personal injuries caused by a collision on the defendant's road. The plaintiff, the petitioner, shipped some cattle from Bancroft in Idaho to Omaha in Nebraska and got a drover's pass to go with them as caretaker, free from charge other than that made for carrying the cattle. In consideration of the pass the plaintiff agreed that the carrier should not be liable for any injury to him upon...

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