James v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chiee Justice Bonham.

This action is brought under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A., §§ 51-59, to recover damages for the death of appellant’s intestate, a railroad conductor in the employ of respondent, and who was the conductor in charge of the movement of a large new type of engine, without cars attached, from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to Florence, South Carolina. While the engine was still in motion, and shortly before it was contemplated that it would be brought to a complete stop upon clearing the umbrella shed to the…