Hines v. Logan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama; William I. Grubb, Judge. Action at law by Martha E. Eogan, administratrix of the Estate of John R. Eogan, deceased, against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, operating the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665), to recover damages for the death of an employee of the Alabama Great Southern Railway Company, brought by the administratrix of the decedent against the Director General of Railroads. The decedent, John R. Logan, was an employee of the defendant, engaged in inspecting and repairing cars in a railroad yard, adjacent to the terminal station in Birmingham, Ala. Cars used in both intrastate and interstate commerce were in the yard at the time of Logan’s death, awaiting his attention. Some of…
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