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GULF, ETC., R.R. v. WELLS

No. 39.

275 U.S. 455 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 151

72 L.Ed. 370

GULF, MOBILE AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. WELLS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ellis B. Cooper for petitioner.

Mr. W. Calvin Wells for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought by Wells in a circuit court of Mississippi to recover damages for injuries suffered by him while employed as a brakeman on a freight train of the Railroad Company. The declaration alleged that these injuries were caused by the negligence of the engineer in giving a very sudden and unnecessary jerk to the train when it was moving and Wells was undertaking to get on it, which threw him on...

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