Waldron v. Director General of Railroads
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Bluefield; Benjamin E. Keller, Judge. Action by Earl Waldron against the Director General of Railroads. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, an employé of the Solvay Collieries Company, alleges liability of the Director General of Railroads 'for the loss of his arm in the operation of a coal car, on the ground that the accident was due to a defective brake on the car. The controlling question is whether the District Court was right in directing a verdict for defendant on the evidence offered by the plaintiff. Plaintiff’s case was as follows:
The Norfolk & Western Railroad furnished on a side track cars to be loaded with coal at the tipple of the Solvay Collieries Company. The cars were selected…
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