Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McGinnis
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the court of civil appeals for the third ^ SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The facts, which involve the construction of the provisions of the Employers’ Liability Act of 1908 defining who are entitled to compensation for damages thereunder, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
This action was brought in a state court of Texas under the Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908, 35 Stat. 65, c. 149, by the administratrix of W. T. McGinnis, to re cover damages for his negligent death while in the service of the plaintiff in error and while engaged as engineer on an interstate passenger train. The cause of the death was a derailment which occurred while the train was passing over a switch. The defense of the company was that the derailment was caused by malicious tampering with the switch by a stranger, and that the company had not been guilty of any negligence in…
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