DAVIS v. O'HARA

No. 63.

266 U.S. 314 (1924)

DAVIS, AGENT OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER SECTION 206 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACT, 1920, v. O'HARA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 24, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.A. Magaw and Mr. N.H. Loomis, with whom Mr. A.A. McLaughlin and Mr. Edson Rich were on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. John O. Yeiser and Mr. John C. Travis, with whom Mr. Benjamin S. Baker was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

September 13, 1919, while employed by the Director General of Railroads in the operation of a railroad under federal control, plaintiff was injured by explosion of a blasting cap. The injury occurred at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he then resided. He brought this action in the district court of Douglas County, Nebraska, to recover damages for his injuries. His petition did not show

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