ROBERTSON v. YAZOO & M. V. R. CO.

No. 11630.

159 F.2d 31 (1947)

ROBERTSON v. YAZOO & M. V. R. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 23, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. L. Dent and M. E. Ward, both of Vicksburg, Miss., for appellee.

Wallace W. Ramsey, of Vicksburg, Miss., for appellant.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit, brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., was for damages for personal injuries The claim was that plaintiff, a general employee of the Cotton Belt, was also, within the rule set forth in Standard Oil Co. v. Anderson, 212 U.S. 215, 29 S.Ct. 252, 53 L.Ed. 480, a special employee of the defendant, and that while he was passing through defendant's yard to pick...

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