Behrens v. Illinois Cent. R.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
At Law. Action by Joseph Behrens, as administrator, etc., against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. On defendant’s motion for direction of verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, District Judge.
This is a case brought solely under and by virtue of the act of April 22, 1908, known as the “Employer’s Liability Act” (35 Stat. 65, c. 149 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 1171]), and the defendant has moved for the direction of a verdict.
The evidence is undisputed that the plaintiff’s intestate came to his death-in an accident while he was employed as fireman on one of the defendant’s engines. He was a member of a switching crew, and it was their duty to switch cars that had to move both in interstate and intrastate commerce indiscriminately. They usually reported for…
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- Stem v. Nashville Interurban Ry.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1919
- Horton v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. LenahanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Barker v. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1913
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