Wells Fargo & Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
Oscar G. Taylor, an express messenger of Wells Fargo & Company, a common carrier by express, received sub* stantial personal injuries through the derailment of-an express car in which he was working, and which was part of a passenger train moving over the railroad of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company in the State of Mississippi, — the derailment resulting from negligence on the part of the railroad company and its employees. To recover for these injuries Taylor brought an action against the railroad company in the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Mississippi, and obtained a…
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