Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Johnston
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson Counts'; C. W. Ferguson, Judge. Action by C. B. Johnston against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. There was judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $30,000, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson Counts'; C. W. Ferguson, Judge. Action by C. B. Johnston against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. There was judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $30,000, and the defendant appeals. The amended complaint, consisting of a single count, is as follows: “Plaintiff claims of the defendant, a body corporate, doing business in Jefferson county, state of Alabama, $50,000. damages, for that on, to wit, November 18, 1913, defendant was engaged in the carriage of freight and passengers for hire between the. states of Tennessee and Alabama by • means of a steam…
1Opinion
This action is by the appellee, Johnston, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, a common carrier of interstate commerce, for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff on the 18th day of November, 1913, as a proximate result of the defendant's negligence, and, as alleged in the complaint, while plaintiff was employed by defendant in such commerce, and is rested upon the provisions of the federal Employers' Liability Act of April 22, 1908 (35 Stat. C. 149 [Comp. Stat. §§ 8657-8665]).
The plaintiff (appellee here) concedes that it is essential to his right to…
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