Legal Opinion
Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co. v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 22, 1927No. 3 Div. 782PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
The action is for personal injuries under the Federal Employers’ liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59; U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665).
The pleas were the general issue, assumption of risk, and contributory negligence in mitigation of damages. Refusal of the affirmative charge requested by defendant is insisted upon as error to reverse.
The argument presents two grounds for this insistence: (1) Failure of proof of negligence of defendant or its employees as a proximate cause of the injury; (2) assumption of risk on the part of the plaintiff.
Admittedly, the case is governed by the Federal Employers’…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. De AtleySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Jacobs v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. ProffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BerkshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. ParkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Hatch v. Globe Laundry Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
- Southern Ry. Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Jordan v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Blanchard v. Reliable Transfer CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
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