Central Railroad Company v. Keegan
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOE THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The action below was brought by Keegan to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while acting as brakeman in the employ of the railroad company. Judgment having been rendered upon the verdict of a jury, in favor of Keegan, the company sued out a writ of error from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOE THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The action below was brought by Keegan to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while acting as brakeman in the employ of the railroad company. Judgment having been rendered upon the verdict of a jury, in favor of Keegan, the company sued out a writ of error from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Two circuit judges, sitting as the court, differed in opinion upon questions of law arising, and thereupon certified two questions to this court. The certificate sets forth the following statement of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice White,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
We held in Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company v. Baugh, 149 U. S. 368, than an engineer and fireman of a locomotive engine running alone on a railroad, without any train attached, when engaged on such duty, were fellow-servants of the railroad company, hence that the fireman was precluded from recovering damages from the company for injuries caused, during the running, by the negligence of the engineer. In that case it was declared that: “Prima facie, all who enter the employment of a single master are engaged in a…
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