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SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. BENNETT

No. 796.

233 U.S. 80 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 566

58 L.Ed. 860

SOUTHERN RAILWAY-CAROLINA DIVISION v. BENNETT, ADMINISTRATRIX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.E. McDonald, with whom Mr. L.E. Jeffries and Mr. B.L. Abney were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. W. Boyd Evans, with whom Mr. Edwin C. Brandenburg, Mr. F. Walter Brandenburg, Mr. E.J. Best, Mr. G.W. Ragsdale and Mr. P.A. McMaster were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action under the Employers' Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65, for causing the death of the plaintiff's intestate. The plaintiff got a verdict for $25,000, on which the court ordered judgment upon the plaintiffs remitting $5000. Exceptions were taken but the judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State. 79 S.E. Rep. 710. The exceptions...

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