Blackley v. Powell

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Aet (April 23,1908, e. 149, 35- Stat. 65, as amended [45 USCA §§ 51-59]), originally instituted in the superior court of Richmond county, North Carolina, and properly removed to the District Court. It was brought by appellant, hereinafter called plaintiff, a locomotive engineer, who, while preparing at Andrews, S. C., for a run to Savannah, G-a., fell into an unguarded turntable pit in the Andrews yards at about 2 a. m. on the morning of January 14, 1982. Th« plaintiff charged…