Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Maddox

Z. B. Maddox 'brought suit against the Seaboard Air-Line Bailway, to recover damages for an injury received by him while in its service as a car repairer. He alleged that the company had an inspector, whose duties were to inspect all cars and to tag those needing repairs, and place upon the tags a memorandum of what repairs were needed on freight-ears; that a certain car owned or operated by it was placed in the shop where he was engaged, with a card from the inspector calling for repairing or replacing a center sill underneath the floor, which was broken; that in order to do the work it was…