Union Pacific Railroad v. Hadley
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 140, 35 Stat. 65, for causing the death of Cradit, the plaintiff’s (the defendant in error’s) intestate. The casé was brought to this Court before the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, 39 Stat. 726, and with the exception of one or two matters that need a word, presents only the ordinary questions of negligence that it is not our practice to discuss at length.
The deceased was a brakeman on an eastbound freight train known as Extra 504 East. At Dix, in Nebraska, it was overtaken by another eastbound train known…
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