Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Fleming
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speake. Action by R. G. Fleming as administrator against tbe Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages, for the death of his intestate, brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The facts and pleadings sufficiently appear.
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Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. D. W. Speake. Action by R. G. Fleming as administrator against tbe Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages, for the death of his intestate, brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. The facts and pleadings sufficiently appear. The following charges were refused to defendant: (16) Even though you are reasonably satisfied from' the evidence that it was Fleming’s' duty to break in or test engines, yet I charge you that the said Fleming could so conduct himself in the…
1Opinion of the Court
SAYRE, J. —
Action by appellee, as administrator, to recover damages for the death of his intestate, Houston Fleming, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65, and the amendatory act of April 5, 1910, c. 143, 36 Stat. 291 (U. S. Comp. St. 2913, §§ 8657-8665). Plaintiff’s intestate came to his death in July, 1912. The case went to the jury on counts 1, 2, as amended, and A. In each' of these counts plaintiff sued for the use of the father and mother of his intestate, who was an unmarried *56man. In counts 1 and 2 the damage alleged to have resulted in…
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