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DOUGLAS v. NEW HAVEN R. CO.

No. 312.

279 U.S. 377 (1929)

DOUGLAS v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued April 15, 16, 1929.

Decided May 13, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thomas J. O'Neill and Charles D. Lewis, with whom Messrs. John Ambrose Goodwin, Leonard F. Fish, and L. Daniel Danziger were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Edward R. Brumley, with whom Messrs. John M. Gibbons, Frederick J. Rock, and J. Howland Gardner, Jr., were on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Hamilton Ward, Attorney General of New York, participated in the oral argument, and with Mr. Wendell P. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit under the Employers' Liability Act for personal injuries. The injuries were inflicted in Connecticut, the plaintiff, the petitioner, is a citizen and resident of Connecticut, and the defendant, the respondent, is a Connecticut corporation, although doing business in New York where the suit was brought. Upon motion the trial Court dismissed the action, assuming...

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