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OAKLEY v. NASHVILLE, C. & ST. L. R. CO.

268 S.W.2d 110 (1954)

OAKLEY v. NASHVILLE, C. & ST. L. R. CO., Inc.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

On Petition to Rehear May 21, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Parker, Jr., H. T. Finley and E. D. Jackson, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

Walker, Hooker, Keeble, Dodson & Harris, Nashville, for defendant in error.

TOMLINSON, Justice.

Raymond R. Oakley, an employee of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad Company, was killed under circumstances which caused his widow and guardian of his two minor children to think that the railroad was liable under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. This widow, as administratrix of her deceased husband's estate, therefore, brought this suit under that Federal Statute for the recovery of damages. The...

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