Legal Opinion

Law v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Decided April 25, 1950No. 3386Published

1Opinion of the Court

Milner, J.,

Plaintiff was employed by defendant railroad as a pantryman waiter on defendant’s train and on November 19,1948, was injured on defendant’s train in Miami, Fla. Defendant is a foreign railroad corporation incorporated under the laws of Virginia and having its office and principal place of business in Wilmington, N. C. He brought a suit in trespass and has filed a complaint therein against defendant railroad in this court under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Defendant railroad has filed preliminary objections to the suit and complaint under Pa. R. C. P. 1017(6) the gist of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  5. Douglas v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

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