Southern Railway Co. v. Highsmith

This bill of exceptions was taken from an order of court refusing a petition to remove the suit brought in the city court of Hall County to the United States district court for the northern district of Georgia. The suit was brought in two counts. The first count is under the Federal employer’s liability act; the second count is under the general law applicable in Tennessee for a crossing collision.

In substance, the petition sets forth that on December 21, 1937, the decedent Highsmith was in the defendant’s employ as assistant signal maintainer; that he worked under the orders of his superior,…