New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. Scarlet

Citations

• 249 U.S. 528
• 39 S. Ct. 369
• 63 L. Ed. 752
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 2071

Syllabus

<p>A state law relieving the plaintiff of the burden of proving negligence is constitutionally inapplicable to a case under the Federal Employers’ Liability Art. P. 529. New Orleans & Northeastern: R. R. Co. v. Harris. 247 U. S. 367.</p> <p>Under the Boiler Inspection Act, the mere breaking of a king pin and coupling chains, without other evidence, does not establish, as a matter of law, that they were defective. P. 530.,</p> <p>When the decision of the state court upholds a state statute in conflict with a valid law of the United States, review is by writ of error-. Id. ■</p>