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DAVIS v. SLOCOMB

No. 530.

263 U.S. 158 (1923)

44 S.Ct. 59

68 L.Ed. 226

DAVIS, AS AGENT OF THE PRESIDENT, ETC. v. SLOCOMB, ADMINISTRATRIX OF SLOCOMB.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 12, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur E. Griffin, for defendant in error, in support of the motion. Mr. William Martin was also on the brief.

Mr. F.G. Dorety and Mr. Edwin C. Matthias, for plaintiff in error, in opposition to the motion. Mr. Thomas Balmer was also on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought in 1921 by a citizen of Washington in a court of that State to recover, under a state statute, for death caused by the negligence of the Great Northern Railway while under federal control. The Government had surrendered possession February 28, 1920. The Railway, a Minnesota corporation, and James Cox Davis, as agent designated by the President pursuant to § 206a of Transportation...

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