Massey v. Chattanooga Station Co.

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

In this action, brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S. C.A. § 51 et seq., for damages for death by wrongful act, the district judge directed a verdict against the administra-trix of the decedent, who met his death while in the employ of the appellee company.

Decedent, a colored porter, was engaged in his duty of washing a window in the railroad station at Chattanooga when a straight ladder, upon which he was standing in order to reach the window, slipped and caused him to fall. He died in consequence of injuries received from the fall. The appellant…