Mobile O. R. Co. v. Hedgecoth

Action under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665) to recover damages for the death of Carl A. Hedgecoth, who' met his death about 10:30 o’clock on the night of March 31, 1925, while in the employ of appellant as field switchman in its yards at Tuscaloosa, Ala. No question is presented as to due proof of dependency, earnings of deceased, or amount of the recovery, and it is conceded that the deceased employé was engaged in work of such interstate character as to bring the case within the influence of the federal act.

The refusal of the affirmative charge requested…