Spain v. Powell

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in the District Court, a car repairer, suffered a serious and painful injury to his right hand in the course of his employment by the receivers of the railway company, and brought this suit for damages on the ground that his employers had negligently failed to furnish him with proper appliances for the work. The jurisdiction of the court was based on the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51-59, as the evidence showed that at the time of the injury on March 2, 1935, at Richmond, Va., the plaintiff was engaged in making minor repairs to a Fruit…