SPAIN v. POWELL

No. 4143.

90 F.2d 580 (1937)

SPAIN v. POWELL et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

June 14, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Allen, of Richmond, Va. (C. Alwyn Perkinson and E. Harold Thompson, both of Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Eppa Hunton, IV, and Edmund M. Preston, both of Richmond, Va. (Hunton, Williams, Anderson, Gay, and Moore, of Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in the District Court, a car repairer, suffered a serious and painful injury to his right hand in the course of his employment by the receivers of the railway company, and brought this suit for damages on the ground that his employers had negligently failed to furnish him with proper appliances for the work. The jurisdiction of the court was based on the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51-59, as the evidence...

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