TENNANT v. PEORIA & P.U. RY. CO.

No. 94.

321 U.S. 29 (1944)

TENNANT, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PEORIA & PEKIN UNION RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Allen, with whom Mr. Mark D. Eagleton was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Eugene E. Horton for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was instituted by petitioner, who is the administratrix of the estate and the widow of the deceased Harold C. Tennant, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act.1 Recovery was sought for the alleged wrongful death of Tennant during the course of his employment as a member of a switching crew in one of respondent's railroad switching...

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