Thornhill v. Davis, Director General

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Acting Associate Justice H. N. Edmunds.

This action was--brought by Annie Thornhill, as adminis-tratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, against James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads, as agent under the Transportation Act of 1920. 41 Stat. 456. As the treatment of the case shows throughout trial, and upon argument in this Court, the action was based upon the statutory liability created under the act of Congress commonly referred to as the Federal Employers’ Riability Act (U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665).

As originally drawn, the complaint…