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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Ella Dutton, as Administratrix of the Estate of Lee Dutton, Deceased, 1918 — 245 U.S. 637 · caselaw · US
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Ella Dutton, as Administratrix of the Estate of Lee Dutton, Deceased
245 U.S. 637·Supreme Court of the United States·1918
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No. 202.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Ella Dutton, as Administratrix of the Estate of Lee Dutton, Deceased.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina.
Argued January 18, 1918.
Decided January 21, 1918.
Mr. P. A. Willcox, Mr. Lucian W. McLemore, Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. J. S. Flannery for plaintiff in error.
Mr. L. D. Jennings and Mr. A. S. Harby for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Chicago Junction Ry. Co. v. King, 222 U. S. 222; Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Padgett, 236 U. S. 668; Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Knapp, 240 U. S. 464; Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Whitacre, 242 U. S. 169; Southern Ry. Co. v. Puckett, 244 U. S. 571, 574.