VIRGINIAN RY. CO. v. EARLY

No. 4945.

130 F.2d 548 (1942)

VIRGINIAN RY. CO. v. EARLY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

August 12, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Pendleton, of Princeton, W. Va., and Walter C. Plunkett, of Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

Walter G. Burton, of Princeton, W. Va., and Joseph M. Sanders, of Bluefield, W. Va., for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit against the Virginian Railway Company for damages for the death of Everett W. Early under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 59, turns primarily on the question whether the deceased at the time of the accident, which is said to have caused his death, was acting within the scope of his employment. The facts in this respect are not in dispute. Early was a machinist in the employ of the railroad's shops at Elmore...

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