Leitch v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

LlTZ, PRESIDENT :

Suing in trespass on the case, under the Federal Employers ’ Liability Act, the plaintiff, I£. S. Leitch, recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendant, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, in the sum of $18,000.00 for personal injuries sustained while engaged as locomotive engineer in the operation of one of its passenger trains between Hinton and Huntington, by coming in contact with the extended arm of a mail crane standing along the railroad track at Scary Station in Putnam County.

It is charged that the defendant erected and maintained the mail crane in such close…