Southern Railway Co. v. Youngblood

Respondent brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover for the death of her intestate, a conductor in petitioners’ employ, who was killed in a head-on collision while riding on the engine of an extra train. Petitioners operate a single track railroad between Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, through Branchville, Orangeburg, St. Matthews, and Fort Motte. Trains running from Columbia to Charleston are designated eastbound, and those from Charleston to Columbia westbound. On the morning of the accident the engine of a westbound freight train became disabled…