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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon, 284 U.S. 458 (1932)
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon, 284 U.S. 458 (1932)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon No. 291 Argued January, 1932 Decided February 15, 1932 284 U.S. 458
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
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1. In order to sustain a claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, the plaintiff must in some adequate way establish negligence of the carrier and causal connection between the negligence and the injury. P. 459.
2. Circumstances in this case held insufficient to prove that the falling of a brakeman under a train was caused by stumbling in a depression in a pathway skirting the track, upon which he was seen running.
36 S.W. 2d 686; 38 id. 775, reversed.
Certiorari to review a judgment sustaining a recovery under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon, 284 U.S. 458 (1932) in 284 U.S. 458 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EWH6EZ2DJYFE46I.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon, 284 U.S. 458 (1932), in 284 U.S. 458, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EWH6EZ2DJYFE46I.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon, 284 U.S. 458 (1932). cited in 1932, 284 U.S. 458. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EWH6EZ2DJYFE46I.
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