MISSOURI PAC. R.R. v. AEBY

No. 100.

275 U.S. 426 (1928)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. AEBY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Merritt U. Hayden, with whom Messrs. Edward J. White, James F. Green and Thomas J. Cole were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Patrick H. Cullen, with whom Messrs. Thomas T. Fauntleroy, Augustus L. Abbott, John B. Edwards, and John C. Vogel were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner is a common carrier of interstate commerce by railroad. Respondent was its station agent at Magness, Arkansas; and, January 13, 1921, while employed in such commerce, fell on the station platform and was injured. She brought this action in the Circuit Court of Saint Louis, Missouri, claiming damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, U.S.C., Tit. 45, c. 2, § 51, on the ground that her...

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