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ATL. COAST LINE R.R. v. SOUTHWELL

No. 41.

275 U.S. 64 (1927)

48 S.Ct. 25

72 L.Ed. 157

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. SOUTHWELL, ADMINISTRATRIX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 31, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas W. Davis, with whom Messrs. J.O. Carr and V.E. Phelps were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. J. Bayard Clark, with whom Messrs. Robert H. Dye, L. Clayton Grant, and C.D. Weeks were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action brought against the petitioner by the administratrix and widow of one of the petitioner's employees, for the death of her husband by a murder which it is alleged that the petitioner "with gross negligence wilfully and wantonly caused, permitted and allowed." In view of the decision in Davis v. Green, 260 U.S. 349...

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