KANSAS CITY SOU. RY. v. ELLZEY

No. 63.

275 U.S. 236 (1927)

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. ELLZEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 21, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank H. Moore, with whom Messrs. A.F. Smith, John D. Wilkinson, C. Huffman Lewis, W. Scott Wilkinson and S.W. Moore were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. S.P. Jones, with whom Mr. O.W. Bullock was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent, a United States deputy marshal, was assigned to guard Merchant, a telegraph lineman employed by petitioner, from violence by strikers. He went with Merchant to repair a telegraph line and while returning with him on a motor car over petitioner's railroad the car was derailed and respondent injured. Respondent brought the present suit in the district court for...

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