Louisville N. R. Co. v. Porter
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lauderdale County; C. P. Alimón, Judge. Action by Irvine C. Porter, as administrator of the estate of L. O. Gulley, deceased, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for damages for the death of his intestate while employed as brakeman. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Lauderdale County; C. P. Alimón, Judge. Action by Irvine C. Porter, as administrator of the estate of L. O. Gulley, deceased, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for damages for the death of his intestate while employed as brakeman. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court. Count S, as amended, is as follows: Plaintiff, as such administrator, sues the defendant, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, a corporation, to recover the sum of $20,000 as damages for the death of his…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The suit by a father for the death of a son was under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (8 U. S. Comp. St. 1916, §§ 8657-8665).
The former appeal (Porter v. L. & N.) is reported in 201 Ala. 469, 78 South. 375. The several questions for the jury were declared to be: (1) Whether plaintiff’s deceased son (L. O. Gulley), a brakeman, falling under the wheels of cars making a gravity switch in the dark, fell off a car or was thrown off a car by a sudden impact with a stationary car; (2) whether Hollis, the brakeman riding on the leading car of the string (on which Gulley was also a brakeman)…
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