Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Castle
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The facts, which, involve the constitutionality of the statute of Nebraska of 1907 imposing liability on railway corporations for injury to employés, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
' Mr. Chief Justice White
delivered the opinion of the court.
Alleging himself to be a citizen of Nebraska and averring that the Railway Company was a citizen of Missouri, Castle sued the Railway Company to recover for injuries received by him while in the service of the Railway Company as a brakeman upon a freight train operating in the State of Nebraska, the injury having been occasioned through the negligence of a co-employé. The right to recover under súch circumstances was based upon a Nebraska statute adopted in 1907 consisting of two sections which are now §§ 3 and 4 of chapter 21 of the…
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