ECKENRODE v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

No. 9330.

164 F.2d 996 (1947)

ECKENRODE v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Reargued October 17, 1947.

Decided December 18, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Nathaniel Richter, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

H. Francis DeLone, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN and O'CONNELL, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

John Henry Eckenrode, a railroad man for more than forty years, was killed in an accident on October 8, 1943. His widow, as administratrix, sued the railroad company under the Federal Employers' Liability Act1 for the damages resulting from his death. There was also a claim based on the Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., which has disappeared in the jury's verdict against the plaintiff on this...

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