Cleland v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

This action was instituted by J. R. Cleland, the respondent herein, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the appellant herein, in the Court of Common Pleas for Hampton Cqunty, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused and occasioned by the negligence of the appellant, while he was employed by it as a member of a construction crew engaged in maintaining, constructing and repairing railway signals in Williamsburg County. The action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. § 51 et seq. The answer of the appellant is a general…