Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Butler

■ This writ of error brings under review the proceedings in the trial court, in which Annie L. Butler, , the administratrix of the estate of Preston J. Butler, obtained a judgment for $6,500 against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. It is conceded- that the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A. sections 51-59), as construed by the Federal courts, are applicable.

Butler was employed by defendant as section foreman on a branch line extending from Warren to Esmont. At the time of the accident, he was working on the main line between Warren and How'ardsville. He…