SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. WALTERS

No. 52.

284 U.S. 190 (1931)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. WALTERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Bruce A. Campbell, with whom Messrs. H. O'B. Cooper, Rudolph J. Kramer, L.E. Jeffries and S.R. Prince were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Charles A. Lich, with whom Mr. Louis E. Miller was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was instituted in a state court and removed to the District Court for Eastern Missouri. Respondent, the minor plaintiff, averred in his declaration, that as he was in the act of crossing defendant's track on Bond Avenue, East St. Louis, he was struck by a train and seriously injured. The negligence alleged was failure to sound a bell or other signal when...

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