MINNEAPOLIS, ETC., RY. v. GONEAU

No. 76.

269 U.S. 406 (1926)

MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL & SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY COMPANY v. GONEAU.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John E. Palmer, with whom Mr. Marshall A. Spooner was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Samuel A. Anderson, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

The respondent Goneau brought suit in a Minnesota court to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while employed as a brakeman on a freight train of the Railway Company; the right of action being based upon the Employers' Liability Act of 1908, 35 Stat. 65, c. 149, and the Safety Appliance Act of 1893, 27 Stat. 531, c. 196, as amended by the Act of 1903, 32 Stat. 943, c. 976. He recovered judgment...

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