Taylor v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

BOULDIN, Justice.

Action for personal injuries under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S. C.A. §§ 51-59).

Plaintiff, Herbert A. Taylor, was in the employ of defendant, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, as a lineman in the maintenance of the telegraph and telephone service of the railway company. His employment was known and styled “telephone maintainer.”

The complaint alleged, and evidence tended to show, that while engaged in this service, admittedly in interstate commerce, plaintiff climbed a telephone pole to replace defective or broken insulators, and while in this position, B.…