Reese v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment of non-suit in a suit for death of a railroad employé under the Employers’ Liability Act, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Relying upon the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, plaintiff in error brought suit against the railway company-in the District Court to recover damages for her husband’s death, alleged to have resulted from the negligent and improper construction and maintenance of its tracks in too close proximity to each other.
At the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony, the trial court, finding “no evidence of negligence or -neglect to provide him [the employé] with a safe place to work as to the act he was performing at that time,” entered a non-suit and afterwards refused to take it off. This was affirmed…
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