Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Bombolis
Supreme Court of the United States
EKKOB TO THE SUPBEME COUET OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. The facts, which involve the validity of a verdict and judgment under the Employers’ Liability Act and the application and effect of the Seventh Amendment in suits in the state courts under that Act, are stated in the opinion.
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EKKOB TO THE SUPBEME COUET OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. The facts, which involve the validity of a verdict and judgment under the Employers’ Liability Act and the application and effect of the Seventh Amendment in suits in the state courts under that Act, are stated in the opinion. The right of trial by jury which is secured to all persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, by the pro visions of the Seventh Amendment, means a jury of twelve men who must, in finding facts, act unanimously. Am. Publishing Co. v. Fisher, 166 U. S. 464; Springville v. Thomas, 166 U. S. 707; Capital…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Counting upon the Employers’ Liability Act of 1908 (c. 149, 35 Stat. 65) as amended by the act of 1910 (c. 143, 36 Stat. 291), the defendant in error sued in a staté court to recover for the loss resulting from the death of Nanos, his intestate, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the plaintiff in error while he, Nanos, was in its employ and . engaged in interstate commerce.
Whatever may have been thé controversies in the trial court prior to the verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff and the contentions which were unsuccessfully urged in the court below to secure a…
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