Washington & Old Dominion Railway v. Weakley

This action was brought by Harry Weakley, plaintiff, against the Washington and Old Dominion Railway, a Virginia corporation, defendant, which owned, *799operated and controlled a certain line of electric railway engaged in interstate commerce from its eastern terminus in the city of Washington, D. C., through the counties of Arlington and Fairfax, to Bluemont, in Loudoun, Virginia, for the loss of his leg on the 10th day of May, 1921, at Herndon, Fairfax county, Virginia, while an employee and flagman engaged in the discharge of his duties as such employee, under the Federal employers liability…