Gulf, M. N.R.R. Co. v. Brown

Appellee brought this action in the circuit court - of George county against appellant, for an injury received by him as an employee of appellant while repairing one of appellant’s wharves in the city of Mobile, Ala., and recovered a judgment of five hundred dollars, from which appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The suit was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. .S. Comp. St., sections 8657-8665). Appellant was engaged in interstate commerce, and appellee at the time of his injury was likewise employed. The rights and obligations of the parties are therefore controlled by the…