Grimsley v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

The respondent was in the employ of the appellant railroad company which at the time of the occurrence which gave rise to this action, was engaged in interstate commerce.

The complaint sets forth that while the plaintiff, a machinist, was at work in the shops of the defendant at Florence, South Carolina, engaged in repairing an engine, the property of the defendant, and which was then being used in interstate commerce, through the negligence of the servant and employee of the defendant, who was assigned to assist the plaintiff at his…