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CHICAGO & ALTON R.R. CO. v. McWHIRT

No. 714.

243 U.S. 422 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 392

61 L.Ed. 826

CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. v. McWHIRT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 26, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Elliott H. Jones, with whom Mr. William C. Scarritt, Mr. Charles M. Miller, Mr. Alfred M. Seddon, Mr. Edward S. North and Mr. E.L. Scarritt were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Patrick Henry Cullen, with whom Mr. Thomas T. Fauntleroy and Mr. Charles M. Hay were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover for personal injuries caused, as was alleged, by negligently backing an engine and cars across a public street in Vandalia, Missouri, without taking any precautions for the safety of persons using the street at the time. The action was against two railroad companies, one incorporated in Missouri and the other in Illinois. The former...

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