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GREAT NORTH'N RY. CO. v. CAPITAL TRUST CO.

No. 107.

242 U.S. 144 (1916)

37 S.Ct. 41

61 L.Ed. 208

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CAPITAL TRUST COMPANY, ADMINISTRATOR OF WARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.L. Janes and Mr. M.L. Countryman for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Samuel A. Anderson for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

While employed by the railway company as a switchman, William M. Ward was accidentally killed, December 13, 1912; and the Administrator brought suit in a state court under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, as amended, for the benefit of his father and mother, seeking to recover their pecuniary loss and also damages for the injuries suffered by him prior to death. Some evidence tended to show that after...

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