Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. Daugherty

Hall, Judge.

1. The defendant’s first enumeration of error is that the trial court erred in overruling its motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. In an FELA case, whether the evidence is insufficient to present to the jury issues of the defendant’s liability, and therefore demands a verdict for the defendant, is a federal question upon which decisions of the United States Supreme Court must be followed by a State court. St. Louis Southwestern R. Co. v. Simpson, 286 U. S. 346 (52 SC 520, 76 LE 1152); Southern R. Co. v. Gray, 241 U. S. 333 (36 SC 558, 60 LE…