Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Proffitt
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment for damages for personal injuries in an action under the Employers’ Liability Act, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This was an action brought in the United States District Court under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22,1908 (c. 149, 35 Stat. 65).
Plaintiff was a brakeman in defendant’s employ and, during the night of July 2, 1912, was called for duty at Gladstone, Virginia, to take his place as head brakeman on a fast interstate freight train, known as a “manifest train,” comprising about forty cars, which had just come into the division terminal yard at Gladstone and was about to be taken forward. He got upon the road engine and this was attached to the train, plaintiff making the coupling.…
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