CHESAPEAKE & O. RY. CO. v. MEARS

No. 3412.

64 F.2d 291 (1933)

CHESAPEAKE & O. RY. CO. v. MEARS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

April 4, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Leigh Williams, of Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

Alfred Anderson, of Norfolk, Va., for appellee.

Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges.


PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the administratrix of a deceased railway employee, in an action instituted under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59). The action was based on alleged negligence of the defendant in placing a car on a siding in a position dangerously near a lead or "ladder" track, the contention of plaintiff being that her intestate was knocked from a car passing on the "ladder" track...

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