Southern Railway Co. v. Fisher
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. HARALSON. Action by E. A. Fisher against the Southern Railway Company for damages for injuries sustained while in its employ, brought under the Federal Employers Liability Act. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
(1, 2) This action was brought by appellee under the federal Employers’ Liability Act. The argument against the seventh count of the complaint is that it failed to show that defendant owed any duty to plaintiff. Since every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between the states is made by the statute liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce for such injury resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, defendant was liable in the case stated by the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Southern Railway Co. v. PetersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
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