Chapman v. Southern Railway Co.

Moss, Justice.

This action was commenced on October 12, 1955, by the respondent John A. Chapman, as administrator of the estate of Walter Benjamin, deceased, in the Court of Common Pleas for Orangeburg County, to recover damages for the death of respondent’s intestate caused and occasioned by the negligence of the appellant, while the intestate was employed in its yards at Macon, Georgia. The action is based on the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. § 51 etseq.

John A. Chapman is the only surviving child of the deceased intestate and resides in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.…