Felton v. Spiro
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
TAFT, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by Fannie Spiro, as the widow of Herman Spiro, deceased, to recover damages for the death of her husband, caused, as she alleged, by the negligence of the servants of the defendant, Samuel Felton, receiver of the court below, engaged, under the order of the court, in the operation of the railway of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Kailway. The deceased, Herman Spiro, was a passenger on a local freight train of the defendant. As he was about to alight from the train at a small station in Tennessee, he was jerked or thrown violently from…
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