Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Horton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The facts, which involve the construction of the Federal Employers’ Liability Acts of 1908 and 1910, and the effect of those statutes on state laws in regard to liability of employers, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
Horton sued the Seaboard Air Line Railway in the Superior Court of Wake County, North Carolina, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained-by him while in defendant’s employ as a locomotive engineer. The action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65, as amended April 5, 1910, c. 143, 36 Stat. 29Í. In the complaint it was sufficiently averred that defendant was a corporation operating a line of railway as a common carrier in interstate commerce, and that plaintiff at the time he was injured was employed by defendant in such…
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