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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. v. ADAMS

No. 143.

192 U.S. 440 (1904)

24 S.Ct. 408

48 L.Ed. 513

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. ADAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles W. Bunn for petitioner.

Mr. Reese H. Voorhees, with whom Mr. C.S. Voorhees was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

As the negligence of the company, found by the jury to have caused the death, as well as the resulting death took place in Idaho, the plaintiffs' right of action rests on the statute of that State. What is the scope and meaning of that statute? The Circuit Court charged the jury:

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