Southern Railway Co. v. Woodward

Bichard Woodward brought suit against Southern Bailway Company under the Federal employer’s liability act, to recover damages for injuries which he sustained while employed as an oiler or car-greaser in the switch-yard of the railway company at Atlanta, known as Inman yard. The plaintiff recovered a judgment, the court refused a new trial, and the defendant excepted.

Under the general grounds it is argued that as a matter of law the defendant was not negligent, but that the plaintiff’s injury was due solely to his ovm negligence, or to a risk which he assumed. In the special grounds are…