Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Devine
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review a judgment of the state court on writ of error under § 237, Jud, Code, and the disposition of such writ when frivolous under Rule 6, par. 5, are stated in the opinion. cited: Behrens v. Ill. Cent. R. R., 192 Fed. Rep. 582; Cent.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court to review a judgment of the state court on writ of error under § 237, Jud, Code, and the disposition of such writ when frivolous under Rule 6, par. 5, are stated in the opinion. cited: Behrens v. Ill. Cent. R. R., 192 Fed. Rep. 582; Cent. Vermont Ry. v. White, 238 U. S. 507; Chambers v. Balt. & Ohio R. R., 207 U. S. 142; Haire v. Rice, 204 U. S. 291; Home for Incurables v. New York, 187 U. S. 155; Land Co. v. San Jose Ranch Co., 189 U. S. 177; Mo. Pac. Ry. v. Castle, 224 U. S. 541;…
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice White,
by direction of the court.
The recovery under the Employers’ Liability Act in the trial court, affirmed by the intermediate and supreme court, was for the damage caused.by the death of Mason through the negligence of the defendant company. 266 Illinois, 248. Two propositions are relied upon for reversal: first, a refusal to instruct a verdict on the ground that there was no evidence tending to show either negligence or that the company or the deceased at the time of the particular transaction from which the injury arose was engaged in interstate…
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