Bugg v. Sanders

Appellee sued appellant Bugg, as receiver of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Company, for damages suffered by reason of a personal injury alleged to have been caused by the negligence of a coemployé. The parties to this cause were at the time of appellee’s injury engaged in interstate commerce, and the suit- was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 35 Stat. at Large, p. 65, C!omp. Stat. 1913, §§ 8657-8665 ; 45 USCA §§ 51-59. At the trial the court gave the general charge requested by appellant, and verdict and judgment went accordingly — this, on the stated ground…