LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. v. McELVEEN

6 Div. 483.

120 So.2d 884 (1960)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. J. C. McELVEEN.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 26, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for appellant.

Rives, Peterson, Pettus & Conway and Edgar M. Elliott, III, Birmingham, for appellee.


MERRILL, Justice.

Appellee sued appellant in two counts, claiming $15,000 as damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S. C.A. § 51 et seq. Count 1 charged the defendant with negligence in failing to exercise reasonable care to furnish and maintain plaintiff a reasonably safe place to perform his work. Count 2 charged the agents, officers or employees of the defendant with negligence by reason of a defect or insufficiency in connection with its...

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