Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Bell

A. D. Bell, plaintiff in the court below, was employed as “material man” at the “Clopton” car-repair shops of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company (hereinafter referred to as defendant), and while so employed and engaged in the performance of his duties, one of his hands was cut off by a rip-saw installed in said shops, which he was at the time operating.

He subsequently brought this suit and was awarded $7,500.00 damages by the jury, for which amount the court entered judgment, and the defendant company is now here complaining of that judgment.

Plaintiff’s account of the accident, as…