Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. Proffitt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Action by Claude U. Proffitt against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an action at law, instituted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, against plaintiff in error, defendant below, under the provisions of the “Employers’ Liability Act” (Act April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, P-1322]), for the recovery of $20,000 damages on account of personal injuries sustained while the plaintiff below was endeavoring to couple the different section's of a train belonging to the defendant below. The jury returned a verdict in favor of…
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