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NORFOLK SOUTHERN R.R. CO. v. FEREBEE

No. 779.

238 U.S. 269 (1915)

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. FEREBEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Murray Allen, with whom Mr. W.B. Rodman, Mr. John H. Small and Mr. R.W. Sims were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Clyde A. Douglass and Mr. William C. Douglass for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

Ferebee was employed by the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company as a trainhand on a passenger train running from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Norfolk, Virginia. During the night, at some place on the journey the steps to the platform of one of the cars were torn away by coming in contact with some unknown obstruction. The consequence was that when Ferebee attempted to alight...

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