HARTLEY v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.

No. 13654.

194 F.2d 590 (1952)

HARTLEY v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 4, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam E. Murrell, Orlando, Fla., for appellant.

Edward K. Goethe, LeRoy B. Giles and David W. Hedrick, all of Orlando, Fla., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and STRUM, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Ethel Ladd Hartley, as administratrix of the estate of John Edgar Hartley, deceased, brought this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., seeking the recovery of damages for the fatal injury sustained by the decedent as a result of being hit by appellee's locomotive. The appellant alleged that the appellee negligently ordered the decedent to walk across a slippery platform near a moving train; negligently...

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