Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. Charlton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District-Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Action by Evalyn Charlton, administratrix of the estate of James H. Charlton, deceased, against the. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This action was instituted in .the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia by the administratrix of James H. Charlton, deceased, against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company under the act of Congress known *35as the Employers’ Liability Act (Act April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65 [Comp. St. 1916, §§ 8657-8665]) to recover damages on account of the death of James H. Charlton. There was a verdict and judgment for $12,000 in favor of the defendant in error in the court below. The plaintiff in error excepted to the refusal of the court…
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