WILLIAMS v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.

No. 13416.

190 F.2d 744 (1951)

WILLIAMS v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 17, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Maner, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

Alex A. Lawrence, Savannah, Ga., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, BORAH and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Frank Lamar Williams, a negro section laborer in the employ of appellee, was drowned at a place in a swamp where appellee's railroad track was washed out.

This suit was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., by decedent's widow, in the capacity of administratrix, seeking damages to compensate her for the pecuniary loss she sustained by reason of the death of her husband.

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