Steidle v. Reading Co.

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

Lewis J. Steidle, a citizen of Pennsylvania, was an employee of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, a corporation of the same state. Seeking damages for his death, Steidle’s administrator brought this action (as he declared in the complaint) “under the provisions of the Eederal Employers’ Liability Act, and of the Eederal Safety Appliance Act” (35 Stat. 65; Comp. Stat. § 8657 et seq. [45 USCA 51 et seq.]; 27 Stat. 531; Comp. Stat. § 8605 et seq. [45 USCA § 1 et seq.]), averring that the defendant was a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce and charging…