Ellerbee v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

LAWSON, Justice.

This is a suit by M. C. Ellerbee against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as the result of the derailment of a motor car on which Ellerbee was riding while i.n the performance of his duties as a section foreman for the railroad company.

The derailment occurred in Georgia. The right of plaintiff to prosecute, his suit in Jefferson County, Alabama, was upheld in Ex parte State ex rel. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 254 Ala.…