Girany v. Oregon Short Line R. R. Co.

This action was commenced by respondent pursuant to U. S. C. A., Title 45, known as the Federal Employers’ Liability Law, sec. 51 of which provides: “Every common carrier by railroad while engaged in commerce between any of the several states .... shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, .... for such injury, .... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, . . . . ”

At the time of the accident out of which this litigation arose, appellant was engaged as a…