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BRUCE v. TOBIN

No. 645.

245 U.S. 18 (1917)

38 S.Ct. 7

62 L.Ed. 123

BRUCE, ADMINISTRATOR OF TOBIN ET AL. v. TOBIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Petition for a writ of certiorari submitted October 1, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.A. Burgess, Mr. B.I. Salinger, Mr. L.H. Salinger and Mr. Joseph Janousek for petitioners, in support of the petition. Their printed argument was confined to the merits.

No brief filed for respondent.

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

A railroad in whose service Tobin lost his life while actually engaged in carrying on interstate commerce, admitting liability under the Act of Congress, paid the conceded loss to his administrator. A father and mother, but no widow or children survived. The father, the respondent, sued in a state court to recover half the amount as his share of the...

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