Lackey v. Southern Railway Co.

Plaintiff’s action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (sections 51 to 59, Title 45, U. S. C. A.), and the complaint sets up the cause of action against the Southern Railway Company, the sole defendant brought in by plaintiff’s process, arising out of the negligence of the defendant in failing to provide for plaintiff, its employee, a safe place in which to work, and for other negligence of the employer. The negligence alleged was the maintenance of a structure belonging to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Asheville, Inc., in such close proximity to the railroad track as…