Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Bracewell

STURGIS, Chief Judge.

Chris F. Braceweil, the appellee, sued the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the *483appellant, and L. J. Dean, the engineer-operator of its railroad train, to recover for personal injuries alleged to result from the negligent operation of appellant’s railroad train. The jury found the defendant engineer not guilty, but returned a verdict for $30,000 against the railroad company, and it appeals the judgment entered thereon.

Prior to a post-verdict amendment to the complaint, which we will discuss later, it charged in substance: that a collision occurred between an…