Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Claybourne's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

In this action for damages for personal injuries, arising under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Allen Claybourne’s administrator recovered of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company a verdict and judgment for $2,000.00. The company appeals.

Briefly stated, the facts are as follows: Claybourne was a section hand and had been in the company’s em*317ploy for a number of years. On tbe morning of tbe accident, which occurred in. the month of November, 1912, he and other section hands, while engaged in tamping…