Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Johnson's Administratrix

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

— Reversing.

In this suit, brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, by the administratrix of John H. Johnson, to recover damages for his death, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant railroad company, there was a verdict and judgment for five thousand dollars.

Several questions are raised by counsel for appellant that we do not think it necessary to consider in this opinion, as it is not probable they will occur on a retrial of the case, and so we will go at once to the principal grounds relied on for reversal, which are,…