Hines v. Angle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama; William I. Grubb, Judge. Action by A. C. Angle, administrator of estate of A. D. Darby, deceased, against Walker D. Hines, as Director General of Railroads, operating the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CALL, District Judge.
On February 21, 1918, A. D. Darby, accompanied by his grandson, Lamar Angle, while walking upon the track of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, at a point between stations, was struck and killed by an engine operated by the plaintiff in error, attached to a passenger train approaching them from the rear. The grandson was killed at the same time.
The defendant in error brought suit in the circuit court of Jefferson county, Ala., against the railroad company, to recover damages, claiming that such killing was negligently done. The case was removed to the United States…
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