Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Co. v. Jones
Alabama Court of Appeals
Injury to Servant. Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Action by Will Jones against The Atlantic Coast Linet Railroad Co. for damages for injury to plaintiff while employed by the defendant. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. See brief on former report of this case. See brief on former report of this case.
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
After tbe original opinion in this • case was rendered (Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. v. Jones, 9 Ala. App. 499, 63 South. 693), and while the case was before the Supreme Court on writ of certiora-ri, the Supreme Court of the United States rendered an opinion in the case of Seaboard Air Line R. R. Co. v. Horton, 233 U. S. 492, 34 Sup. Ct. 635, 58 L. Ed. 1062, finally and conclusively holding that the federal Employers’ Liability Act of 1908 takes possession of the field of the employers’ liability to employees engaged in interstate matters, to the exclusion of all state laws covering the same…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Ex parte Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Co. v. JonesAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
3Cited by3 opinions
- Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. BaumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Southern Railway Co. v. PetersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Cowan v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1945