BRIGGS v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

No. 530.

334 U.S. 304 (1948)

BRIGGS, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sol Gelb submitted on brief for petitioner.

William J. O'Brien, Jr. argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Louis J. Carruthers, Hugh B. Cox and Arthur R. Douglass.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case first presents the question whether a plaintiff recovering under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51, is entitled to have interest on the verdict for the interval between its return and the entry of judgment, where the Circuit Court of Appeals' mandate which authorized the judgment contains no direction to add interest and is never amended to do so.

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