Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Parker
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
The plaintiff’s intestate was a fireman upon a switching engine which was moving upon a switch track. A caboose stood upon the main track so near to where the engine moved that the deceased struck it and was killed. His administrator brought this action against the Railroad, the plaintiff in error, for causing the intestate’s death and got a verdict which, it is admitted, cannot be sustained if the deceased was engaged in interstate commerce. The dealings of the state courts with that question are the ground for the present writ of error. The judgment for the plaintiff was affirmed by the…
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