Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. West
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under § 237, Judicial Code, to review a judgment of the state court of Oklahoma against a railroad company for damages for death of an express messenger and the application of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to such a case, are stated in the opinion. .
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Action for damages brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error (herein called the railway company) for the death of William B. West, husband of the defendant in error, caused by the collision of two trains of the railway company. The case was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant in error in the sum of $15,000. The judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State, and error was prosecuted from this court.
There is no dispute about the collision, the cause of it, or that it resulted in the death of the deceased. He'and the plaintiff below were…
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