Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Barnes

This is an appeal by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company from a judgment awarding damages to appellee for personal injuries.

Appellee was the conductor on a freight train of appellant running from Elyton, Alabama, to Manchester, Georgia. It was therefore engaged in interstate commerce, and appellee as an employee of appellant was injured in the course of that employment and growing out of it. His claim for damages is therefore controlled by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S. C.A. § 51 et seq. The train consisted of sixty-two cars and the caboose and was drawn by two diesel…