Geraghty v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

This action is for damages due to negligent acts resulting in the death of appellee’s intestate. Appellant was charged with violations of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-59), and the Federal Safety Appliance Acts 1893, § 2, and 1903, § 1 (45 U.S.C.A. §§ 2, 8).

The accident to the decedent occurred while he was engaged in handling cars upon the appellant’s railroad tracks in the yards of an industrial plant, at Perth Am-boy, N. J., where the appellant’s engine and crew, including the intestate, were shifting five cars loaded with interstate…