Louisville & N. R. Co. v. White
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the 'Circuit; Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for da mages‘for the death of plaintiffs intestate, who was an engineer in the employment of the defendant railroad company at the time of his death; and the action is brought under section 1749 of the Code of Alabama. of 189(5, generally’ called the “Employers’ Liability Act.” The ‘intestate at the time of his death was the engineer of. a passenger train, running from Birmingham to Blocton, Ala. While passing, over an iron bridge spanning the Cahaba river, the train fell with the bridge into the river, and intestate was killed. There was a trial before…
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- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Rowe v. BaberSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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