GRAND TRUNK RY. CO. v. WRIGHT

No. 4745.

21 F.2d 814 (1927)

GRAND TRUNK RY. CO. v. WRIGHT.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

October 10, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. R. Martin and L. J. Carrigan, both of Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff in error.

Harold H. Armstrong and George Harry Helm, both of Detroit, Mich. (Carey, Armstrong & Weadock, of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before DENISON, DONAHUE, and MOORMAN, Circuit Judges.


DENISON, Circuit Judge.

Wright, administrator of Ellis, recovered judgment on account of Ellis' death, found to be the result of the railroad's negligence. Ellis was a carpenter employed on a car ferry running from Windsor to Detroit. Negligence, by some one, is very clear. Since the recovery is planted upon the federal Employers' Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59 [Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665]), it is immaterial whether the negligence was that of a fellow...

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