McDermott v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion of'the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

Tbe appellant, Robert F. McDermott, was a member of tbe National Guards wbicb were sent by tbe government to the Mexican border in 1916. Tbe returning troops left tbe border in October and were carried by a train of tbe appellee company by way of New Orleans, Mobile and *23Atlanta, to the north. Fourteen passenger coaches, a baggage car and a box car made up the train, which was used exclusively for the carrying of these troops. Between the coaches the train was vestibuled and drinking water was placed in coolers therein. McDermott was a private and…