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LEE v. CENTRAL OF GA. RY. CO.

No. 150.

252 U.S. 109 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 254

64 L.Ed. 482

LEE v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander A. Lawrence, with whom Mr. Wm. W. Osborne was on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. H.W. Johnson, with whom Mr. T.M. Cunningham, Jr., was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

An injured employee brought an action in a state court of Georgia jointly against a railroad and its engineer, and sought in a single count, which alleged concurring negligence, to recover damages from the company under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, and from the individual defendant under the common law. Each defendant filed a special demurrer on the ground of misjoinder of causes of action and misjoinder...

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