St. Louis & S. F. R. v. Duke
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western ’ District of Arkansas. Action by Mrs. Clyde Duke, as administratrix of Walter Duke, against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiiT and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This action by the administratrix of the estate of Walter Duke against the railroad company suing for herself as widow and for her minor children resulted in a judgment for damages occasioned by the death of her husband while in the employ of the company as brakeman and actually engaged in the transportation of interstate commerce. To reverse this judgment error is prosecuted.
The constitutionality of the employer’s liability act approved April 22, 1908 (Act April 22, 1908. e. 149, 35 Stat 65 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 1171]), upon which the suit is based, is first…
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- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
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