CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. CO. v. DAVIS

No. 4533.

7 F.2d 269 (1925)

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. CO. v. DAVIS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Sadler, Jr., of Birmingham, Ala., (Nesbit & Sadler, of Birmingham, Ala., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Fred Fite, of Birmingham, Ala., for defendant in error.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action under the federal Employers' Liability Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665) to recover damages for the death of Jack Davis, who at the time of his death was employed as a flagman on a passenger train of the plaintiff in error, which was proceeding from Columbus, Ga., to Birmingham, Ala. Davis was killed as a result of his person coming in contact with a mail crane platform at Arkwright, a station on plaintiff in error's...

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