ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. v. TILLER

No. 5217.

142 F.2d 718 (1944)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. v. TILLER.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

May 15, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins Denny, Jr., of Richmond, Va. (J. M. Townsend, of Petersburg, Va., on the brief) for appellant.

J. Vaughan Gary, of Richmond, Va. (Dave E. Satterfield, Jr., of Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This case, now before us for the second time, relates to the accidental death of John Lewis Tiller, a sergeant of railroad police, while engaged in the performance of his duties in the Clopton freight yard of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company near Richmond. In our former opinion (128 F.2d 420) we affirmed the action of the District Court at the first trial in directing a verdict for the defendant carrier...

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