Reynolds v. Virginian Railway Co.

Litz, Judge:

This is an action for personal injury under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A., Sec. 51 et seq. The writ of error was awarded at the instance of defendant, yirginian Railway Company, to a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury for $10,500.00 against it in favor of the plaintiff, B. E. Reynolds.

Plaintiff suffered the injury complained of by a fall while engaged in repairing the inside of a large steam boiler of defendant (in its steam generating electric plant at Narrows, Virginia) when two strands of three-quarter inch rope sustaining one end of a swinging…