Davis v. Reynolds
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Action by John Wiley Reynolds against James C. Davis, Director General and Agent under the Transportation Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 456), operating the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
In the afternoon of January 8, 1920, the plaintiff, John W. Reynolds, a brakeman, fell from the step in front of a freight engine and lost his arm. He recovered judgment on the allegation that the accident was due to the negligence of the Director General of Railroads in not furnishing a “secure sill step” on the buffer beam of the engine as required by the safety appliance statute as amended in 1910 (Comp. St. §§ 8617-8619, 8621-8623). Error is assigned in the admission of testimony, in refusal to direct a verdict for the defendant, and in instructions to the jury.
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