James v. Davis

Plaintiff, appellant, commenced this action December 10,1919, against the Louisville & Nashville and the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Companies. Plaintiff sought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted by defendants in the operation of a train upon their tracks June 23,1919. On both the dates noted above, the railroad properties of the defendant companies were being operated by the Director General of Railroads for the government of the United States, and for injuries inflicted as alleged in plaintiff’s declaration action lay 'against the Director General…