SCOTT v. NEW YORK, C. & ST. L. R. CO.

No. 9145.

159 F.2d 618 (1947)

SCOTT v. NEW YORK, C. & ST. L. R. CO. Appeal of DOOLEY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

February 4, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dooley and Royal W. Irwin, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Douglas C. Moir, and Edward J. Wendrow, both of Chicago, Ill. (Winston, Strawn & Shaw, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee New York, C. & S. L. R. Co.

Before EVANS, MAJOR, and MINTON, Circuit Judges.


MINTON, Circuit Judge.

On May 22, 1945 Thomas A. Scott was fatally injured in Indiana while on duty as a brakeman employed by the defendant-appellee, a railroad corporation engaged in interstate commerce. He was survived by his widow, who resided with him in Indiana; they had no children. He had been married twice before and had a minor child by each of his former wives, and these children lived with their maternal grandparents in Illinois.

On June 18, 1945...

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