Laughter v. Powell

All parties to this action concede that plaintiff must recover, if at all, under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A., sections 51-59) as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. This was the theory of the trial in the Superior Corrrt.

Defendants, appellants, in the main, challenge the status of plaintiff as an employee. The question in this respect is raised by motions, aptly made, for judgment on the pleadings, and for judgment as of nonsuit at the close of all the evidence, and by exception to the charge of the court on the trial below. Here…