VIRGINIAN RY. CO. v. VIARS

No. 6337.

193 F.2d 547 (1952)

VIRGINIAN RY. CO. v. VIARS.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. T. O'Farrell, Charleston, W. Va. (J. O. Atkinson, Jr., Norfolk, Va., and John R. Pendleton, Princeton, W. Va., on the brief), for appellant.

William C. Wines, Chicago, Ill. (Bruneau E. Heirich, Chicago, Ill., and Martin C. Bowles, Charleston, W. Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and DOBIE, Circuit Judge, and CHESNUT, District Judge.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Viars, commenced this action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to recover damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., from the Virginian Railway Company (hereinafter called defendant). The case was tried before a jury, and from a verdict and judgment of $30,000 in favor of plaintiff, defendant has appealed.

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