Legal Opinion
Gulf, M. O.R. Co. v. Joiner
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1947No. 36320PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGehee, J.
This suit is governed by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Title 45, U. S. C. A. Sec. 51. which provides, in substance, among other things, that every common carrier by railroad, while engaged in interstate commerce, ,£ £ shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative, . . . for such injury or death resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of .any of the . . . employees of such carrier, . . .”
And Title 45 U. S. C. A. Sec. 54, provides,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GroegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Commissioners of Marion County v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Agregaard v. DuncanMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- Ellerman v. Skelly Oil Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a Corporation v. Harry L. BurtonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Kenneth Simpson v. Texas and New Orleans Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- American Book Co. v. White System of Jackson, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1955