Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Watson

Appellant seeks reversal of a judgment obtained by appellee upon the ground that § 7051 of the Compiled General Laws, 1927, as construed below is repugnant to the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. § 237, Judicial Code, 28 U. S. C., § 344. Section 7051 declares: “A railroad company shall be liable for any damage done to persons, stock or other property, by the running of the locomotives, or cars, or other machinery of such company, or for damage done by any person in the employ and service of such company, unless the company shall make it appear that their…