Southern Railway Co. v. Perdue

Judson Perdue brought suit against the Southern Railway Company and Irvin Johnson, to recover damages for injuries received by him while engaged in the discharge of duties imposed upon him as a switchman for said company in its Inman Yards at Atlanta, Georgia. The complaint is in two counts, the first being based upon the railroad employers’ liability act of August 16, 1909, embraced in section 2782 of the Code of 1910, and the second count being based upon the employers’ liability act of Congress. The suit was dismissed as to Johnson; and the case proceeded to trial under the first count of…