Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. Action by S. E. Thompson against the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company, removed from the state court. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
COCHRAN, District Judge.
This was an action on the federal Employers’ Eiability Act (Act April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65 [Comp, St. 1913, §§ 8657-8665]), removed to the lower court from the state court where it was brought. No question as to the right of removal has been made there or here. It resulted in a judgment for plaintiff for $3,000.
The plaintiff was head brakeman on a freight train on defendant’s railroad, which, on August 24, 1911, was running from Oakdale, Tenn., to Danville, Ky., and was an experienced employé. In its course the train stopped at Oneida, Tenn., to fill out with…
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