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MELLON v. GOODYEAR

No. 131.

277 U.S. 335 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 541

72 L.Ed. 906

MELLON, DIRECTOR GENERAL, v. GOODYEAR, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 28, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Luther Burns, with whom Messrs. M.L. Bell, W.F. Dickinson, T.P. Littlepage, J.E. DuMars, W.D. Vance, and Sidney F. Andrews were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Edwin C. Brandenburg and John F. McClure, with whom Mr. Nelson J. Ward was on the brief, submitted for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

While employed in interstate commerce by the Director General of Railroads at Belleville, Kansas, July 31, 1919, Lewis Goodyear sustained serious personal injuries for which he claimed the right to recover damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (35 Stat. 65, c. 149; 36 Stat. 291). On March 16, 1920, he settled with the employer, accepted the agreed sum, and executed a general release, which, among...

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