Legal Opinion
Denton v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 4, 1932No. 242PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
Court.
The petitioner, a United States bailway postal clerk, sustained an injury due to the alleged negligence of one Hunter, a porter in the general service of the two railroad companies named as respondents. Hunter was hired and paid by the Illinois Central Railroad Company. ' At the time of the injury he was engaged in loading United States mail into a mail car, under the direction of a United States postal transfer clerk, and was not, as to that work, under the direction or control of either of the railroad companies.
The mail was being transported by the railroad companies under c. 261, i§…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Linstead v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
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