Southern Railway Co. v. Mays

In this action brought under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, Frances J. Mays, administratrix of Moses A. Mays, deceased, obtained a verdict and judgment against the Southern Railway Company for the alleged negligent killing of decedent.

The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant in accordance with their positions in the court below.

Plaintiff occupies that favored status of having obtained a jury’s verdict that has been approved by the trial court. If there were conflicts in the evidence, the jury resolved them in her favor and she is entitled to all just inferences…