Connelley v. Pennsylvania R.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. Action at law by Ellen Connelley, administratrix, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant (221 Fed. 508), and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below, Mrs. Ellen Connelley, administratrix of Thomas Connelley, brought suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Her cause of action was for damages alleged to have accrued to her by virtue of the federal Employers’ Liability Act (Act April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65 [Comp. St. 1913, §§ 8657-8665]), through the negligence of said railroad in *323causing the death of Thomas Connelley, her husband and its employ é. She recovered a verdict and judgment in that court. On writ of error sued out by the railroad, this court, in an opinion reported at 201…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Aerkfetz v. HumphreysSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Narramore v. Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
- Connelley v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912
- Morris v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Keefe v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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