James v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry.

Opinion of the Court bt

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Lewis E. James, sued the appellee, The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, in the Jefferson Circuit Court to recover $100,000 for personal injuries received by him while employed by the appellee as a brakeman. The accident in which appellant was injured occurred on October 8, 1946, in the Tracy City Yard of the appellee in Tracy City, Tennessee. The action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. secs. 51 to 59, which gives State and Federal courts concurrent jurisdiction.

The appellee, a Tennessee…