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Show 'LlilLIW OF IS TO BE DETEPM1B United States Supremo Court AVHI De Asked to Decide Schuyler Case. How far a railroad company Is liable for tho death or injury of a person traveling trav-eling on a pass will bo determined by the United States supremo court. In the case of Mrs. May R. Schuylor of Ogden against tho Southern Pncillc Railway company for damages for tho death of her husband, Charles A. Schuyler, Schuy-ler, a mall clerk, on tho Southern Pacillc near Lucin, January 11, 1907, who was traveling on a pass while going to Oakland, Oak-land, Cal., lo attend tho funeral of an infant daughter, tho supreme court of Utah, Saturday, granted a writ of error on application of the railway company, against which judgment was given in the lower court for ?DO0O, and this throws tho case into the supremo court of the United States on the important matter of whether or not a railway company is liable for Injury or death to a person traveling on a pass when not on duty, and, If so, how far the liability extends. |