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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Maucher, 248 U.S. 359 (1919)
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Maucher, 248 U.S. 359 (1919)
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company v. Maucher No. 85 Argued December 17, 18, 1918 Decided January 7, 1919 248 U.S. 359
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
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The freedom of the states to establish and apply their own laws and policies touching the validity of contracts exempting carriers from liability to passengers for injuries due to negligence was not affected by the Carmack Amendment, which deals only with shipments of property. P. 363.
An employee of a circus was injured by the negligent operation of a passenger train of a railroad company while traveling upon a train owned by the circus, which was being hauled over the tracks of the railroad company by its locomotive and crew pursuant to a special contract declaring the company not a common carrier therein, and not liable for negligence. Held that the employee was not a passenger of the railroad company, and that his cause of action was based on the general right not to be injured by the negligence of another. Id.
Writ of error to review 100 Neb. 237 dismissed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Maucher, 248 U.S. 359 (1919) in 248 U.S. 359 248 U.S. 361. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A2G5AQAAQBKW4QC.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Maucher, 248 U.S. 359 (1919), in 248 U.S. 359, page 248 U.S. 361. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A2G5AQAAQBKW4QC.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Maucher, 248 U.S. 359 (1919). cited in 1919, 248 U.S. 359, pp.248 U.S. 361. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A2G5AQAAQBKW4QC.
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