Link v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59) for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff while in the employment, as a brakeman, of the defendant railway company. At the time of the alleged injury, both plaintiff and defendant were engaged in interstate commerce. The plaintiff alleges that on January 26, 1927, between 1 and 3 o’clock in the morning, while in the performance of his duties as brakeman, at Belt Junction, Ga., he was seriously and permanently…