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MISSOURI PACIFIC RY. CO. v. TABER

No. 760.

244 U.S. 200 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 522

61 L.Ed. 1082

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. TABER, GUARDIAN OF SMALL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward J. White, Mr. Thomas Hackney and Mr. Martin Lyons for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John T. Wayland, Mr. R.J. Ingraham, Mr. L.E. Durham and Mr. Hale Houts for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Charles H. Small was killed at Kansas City while employed by plaintiff in error as a switchman. Relying upon a state statute, the guardian of his minor children sued for damages in the Jackson County Circuit Court and recovered a judgment which the Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed, May 15, 1916. We are asked to reverse that action because the Federal Employers' Liability Act was not applied, but rights and...

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