Davis v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
At Law. Action by Mary A. Davis, administratrix of the estate of Earl P. Davis, deceased, against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. On motion to fake off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
WITMER, District Judge.
This action was brought by the adminis-tratrix of a deceased employee of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665), averring that the defendant was engaged in interstate commerce, and that plaintiff’s deceased, Earl E. Davis, was employed by it, and was also engaged in that business at the time of the injuries received, which resulted in his death. Defendant is charged with the want of exercising due care on the part of its employees in charge of *188the train that killed Davis in this particular, that the…
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