Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Johnston
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson Counts'; C. W. Ferguson, Judge. Action by C. B. Johnston against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. There was judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $30,000, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson Counts'; C. W. Ferguson, Judge. Action by C. B. Johnston against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. There was judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $30,000, and the defendant appeals. The amended complaint, consisting of a single count, is as follows: “Plaintiff claims of the defendant, a body corporate, doing business in Jefferson county, state of Alabama, $50,000. damages, for that on, to wit, November 18, 1913, defendant was engaged in the carriage of freight and passengers for hire between the. states of Tennessee and Alabama by • means of a steam…
1Opinion of the Court
As appears from the foregoing statement, the plaintiff sued the railway company (appellant) for damages for personal injuries resulting from the derailment of an interstate passenger train. The action is against an interstate carrier, by a plaintiff who avers that he was, at the time, in the employ of the railway company and then discharging his duties, in interstate commerce, under that employment. The record has been accorded very careful consideration by all of the members of the court; its entire contents being submitted first hand to the judges in consultation. Particular scrutiny and…
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