Legal Opinion
Gulf S.I.R. Co. v. Hales
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 8, 1925No. 25000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
The appellee, E. B. Hales, brought this action against appellant, Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company, in the circuit court of Simpson county, to recover damages for an injury received by him while engaged about his duties as a servant of appellant, and recovered a judgment for five thousand dollars, from which appellant prosecutes this appeal.
Appellant was engaged in interstate commerce, and appellee was likewise employed at the time of the latter’s injury. The federal Employers’ Liability Act (IT. S. Comp. St., sections 8657-8665) therefore applies, and with it the doctrine of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Slocum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Spies v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. BombolisSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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