Shiflett v. Western Maryland Railway Co.

Fox, Judge :

This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, instituted by Clorus L. Shiflett against the Western Maryland Railway Company, in the circuit court of Pocahontas County, to recover of the defendant damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the defendant’s employ. A trial of the case before a jury resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, on which judgment was entered by the court. To said judgment the defendant prosecutes this writ of error.

At the date of the injury out of which this action arises, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a…