Director General of Railroads v. Ronald
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Action by Sidney C. Ronald against the Director General of Railroads. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an action under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665) to recover damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff was assistant tool train foreman *139on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, operated by the defendant, Director General of Railroads. June 11, 1918, he went in charge of a wrecking train from Buffalo to the Suspension Bridge in the state of New York to adjust a shipment of poles on nine cars bound from Toledo, Ohio, to Midway, Conn. He arrn ed at 10:20 a. m., finished work at 5:2G p. m., and returned to headquarters at Tifft Farm Junction, East…
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