Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Bower
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NEBRASKA. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment for damages for personal injuries in an action under the Employers’ Liability Act, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
We have here under review a judgment of the Supreme Court of Nebraska affirming a judgment in favor of de fendant in error in an action based upon the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908 (c. 149, 35 Stat. 65), for the loss of an eye caused by the breaking of a lubricator glass on a locomotive engine upon which he was at work as engineer in the employ of plaintiff in error. 96 Nebraska, 419.
No question is made but that the cause of action arose in interstate commerce so as to bring the case within the Federal act. The facts upon which the question of liability depends are these:…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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