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KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. JONES

No. 492.

241 U.S. 181 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 513

60 L.Ed. 943

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. JONES, ADMINISTRATRIX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 1, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.W. Moore, with whom Mr. F.W. Moore and Mr. J.D. Wilkinson were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Leon R. Smith, with whom Mr. Newton C. Blanchard and Mr. Otis W. Bullock were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Claiming under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65; April 5, 1910, c. 143, 36 Stat. 291), defendant in error brought this suit in a state court against the railroad company to recover damages resulting from her husband's death by accident while employed as engineer on a passenger train. A loaded car, having escaped from the switching...

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