Erie Railroad v. Welsh
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OHIO. ■ The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
The Supreme Court of Ohio (89 Ohio St. 81) affirmed a' circuit court judgment which sustained a judgment re covered in a court of common pleas by Welsh against the Erie Railroad Company for damages on account of personal injuries suffered by him while in its employ as a yard conductor'in the Brier Hill yard, near Youngstown, Ohio; overruling the contention of the defendant (now plaintiff in error) that by certain rulings of the trial court defendant had been deprived of rights secured to it by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65.
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