Coons v. Louisville & Nashville R.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Oldham Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Quin
Reversing.
In this case declared under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, appellant, a section hand in appellee’s employ for about fourteen years, is seeking damages for injuries received May 17, 1916, while loading' steel rails onto a flat car.
From a directed verdict for the company at the conclusion of appellant’s evidence, this appeal is taken.
The correctness of this ruling raises two main questions, viz.: (1) Is the case triable under the federal act? and (2) was appellee guilty of negligence?
The facts.: The rails which the men were loading came from the…
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