CHES. & OHIO RY. v. LEITCH

No. 98.

276 U.S. 429 (1928)

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. LEITCH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Douglas W. Brown for petitioner.

Mr. John H. Holt, with whom Messrs. George B. Martin and Rufus S. Dinkle were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action brought by the respondent, an engineer, to recover from the petitioner for injuries suffered by him through contact with a mail crane, or mail sack hanging from it, as he looked from the window of his engine, upon the petitioner's road. There is no doubt that the case is governed by the Federal Employers' Liability Act, but the respondent got a verdict...

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