Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Beach

Action by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries. In addition to the *674necessary formal allegations, it is averred in the complaint, in substance, that appellee was in the employ and service of appellant in interstate commerce, in the capacity of assistant maintainer of signals, which signals were in use by appellant as a part of its equipment for the operation and control of its trains; that John Rowe was appellant’s foreman of signal maintenance, and, on January 21, 1925, Rowe and appellee, as appellant’s employees and in line of their duties as such, were…