Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant, 280 U.S. 404 (1930)
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Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant, 280 U.S. 404 (1930)
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Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant No. 113 Argued January 16, 17, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 404
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
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1. An action for wrongful death will not lie under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act where the injury from which death resulted was inflicted two days after the employment of the decedent by the railway company had been terminated. P. 405.
2. The writ of certiorari should not issue to review a case in a state court as one governed by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act if judgment against the carrier was rested upon the state law, pursuant to a finding that the injured person’s employment by the carrier had ceased before the injury occurred, and if there was some evidence to support that finding. Id.
152 Va. 263 affirmed.
Certiorari, 279 U.S. 834, to review a judgment of the Supreme court of appeals of Virginia, affirming a recovery against the railway company in an action for death by wrongful act.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant, 280 U.S. 404 (1930) in 280 U.S. 404 280 U.S. 405. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=AXZ13Y84HJAGW6L.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant, 280 U.S. 404 (1930), in 280 U.S. 404, page 280 U.S. 405. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=AXZ13Y84HJAGW6L.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant, 280 U.S. 404 (1930). cited in 1930, 280 U.S. 404, pp.280 U.S. 405. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=AXZ13Y84HJAGW6L.
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