Barrett v. Virginian Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the 'District Court of the United States for tbe Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. Suit by S. D. Barrett against the Virginian Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit instituted by plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, to recover damages on account of injuries sustained by plaintiff, who was the foreman of the roundhouse, while attempting to clean out a sand pipe which was stopped up. Plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a machinist at Elmore, W. Va, at which a roundhouse is maintained where engines are stored and certain repairs are made.
*398Among other things, plaintiff, by virtue of his employment, was required to repair engines and…
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