Williams v. Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway Co.

The plaintiff, S. S. Williams, sued the defendant companies for damages under the common law. His declaration disclosed that his ground of action was predicated upon personal injuries sustained by him while working as an employee of the defendant companies in operating a reaming machine on steel sheeting designed for use as a part of a coal car owned by the defendants; the place where the injury was received being the yards of the companies maintained for the repair of engines and cars at 'Erwin, Unicoi county, Tennessee.

The declaration averred that the defendants were operating an interstate…