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GT. NORTHERN RY. CO. v. WILES

No. 196.

240 U.S. 444 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 406

60 L.Ed. 732

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. WILES, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 20, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.C. Lindley and Mr. M.L. Countryman for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.R. Duxbury and Mr. Lyle Pettijohn for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Action for damages for the killing of one Dennis E. Wiles, brought by the administrator of his estate, who is also his father and next of kin. It was brought under the Employers' Liability Act of April 22, 1908 (35 Stat. 65, c. 149), as amended April 5, 1910 (36 Stat. 291, c. 143).

Wiles was a freight brakeman in the employ of the railway company in interstate commerce, the company being an interstate...

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