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YAZOO & M.V.R.R. CO. v. MULLINS

No. 273.

249 U.S. 531 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 368

63 L.Ed. 754

YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. v. MULLINS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF MULLINS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles N. Burch, with whom Mr. H.D. Minor was on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Marion W. Reily, with whom Mr. Thomas G. Fewell was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

Mullins, a flagman on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, was injured while engaged in switching an interstate train. He died within a few hours; and his administratrix brought suit in a state court of Mississippi under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. At the trial the Railroad requested a directed verdict on the ground that there was no evidence of negligence...

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