Selby v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

JUDGE LEWE

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51) and the Safety Appliance and Equipment Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 11) for injuries to, and the subsequent death of Morris C. Selby, defendant’s brakeman, alleged to have resulted from the failure of a hand brake to work efficiently. There was a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $25,000. Defendant appeals.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Morris Selby, was injured on June 19, 1950 while engaged in riding cars off the hump in defendant’s yards at Stevens, Kentucky. On that day…