Hietala v. Boston & Albany Railroad

This is an action under the Federal employers’ liability act (Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 U. S. Sts. at Large, 65, U. S. C. Title 45, § 51 et seq.) for personal injuries sustained by an employee, engaged in interstate commerce, of an interstate common carrier by railroad.

The evidence tended to show the following facts. On August 24, 1929, the plaintiff was one of a gang of laborers engaged in removing the earth from between the ties of the defendant’s tracks at Pittsfield. He had been working *187there about twenty days. He knew that trains were running on the tracks. Having been directed…