READING CO. v. KOONS

No. 213.

271 U.S. 58 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 405

70 L.Ed. 835

READING COMPANY v. KOONS, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 12, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Brady, with whom Mr. Charles Heebner was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. John R. Geyer, with whom Messrs. Geo. Ross Hull and Paul G. Smith were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent's intestate, while employed by the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, an interstate carrier of which petitioner is the successor, received injuries from which he died on the following day, April 23, 1915. Letters of administration were granted to respondent September 23, 1921. Five months later, on February 6, 1922, nearly seven years after the death, respondent brought the action, now under...

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