Baugham v. New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE'SUPREME COURT OP APPEALS OF THE STATE OP VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the contributory negligence provisions of the Employers’ Liability Act, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Action for damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, brought in the Circuit Court of Norfolk County, State of Virginia, by plaintiff in error (we shall call him plaintiff), administrator of the .estate of Richard T. Baugham.
The ground of action was that the railroad company, an interstate carrier, caused by its negligence the death of. plaintiff’s intestate while he was employed and engaged in such commerce.
Richard T. Baugham was between the ages of eighteen and twenty years and was engaged by the railroad company to act as brakeman in its yard at Port Norfolk, Virginia. On the…
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