Laughter v. . Powell

Civil action to recover for injury allegedly caused by actionable negligence of defendants.

Plaintiff for cause of action, briefly stated, alleges: That on 26 August, 1937, he was an employee of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, and was on duty as trainman on one of its freight trains, running between Norlina, North Carolina, and Portsmouth, Virginia; that at Boykins, Virginia, it became his duty to uncouple a car to be set off from the train there; that in the performance of that duty it was necessary for him to go between that car and the one next to it, and to release the air hose…