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YAZOO & MISS. R.R. v. WRIGHT

No. 218.

235 U.S. 376 (1914)

35 S.Ct. 130

59 L.Ed. 277

YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 14, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.D. Minor, with whom Mr. Charles N. Burch was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. R.M. Barton, with whom Mr. McKinney Barton was on the brief, for defendant in error.

Memorandum opinion by direction of the court, by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE.

While this second appeal rests on the Employers' Liability Act, there is no contention as to its meaning (207 Fed. Rep. 281); hence we need only determine whether plain error was committed in relation to the principles of general law involved.1

Error in holding that the facts afforded no ground for the application of the doctrine of assumption of the risk...

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