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ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. SMALLS

No. 6813.

216 F.2d 842 (1954)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. LeRoy SMALLS, Charles Bright, and Eva G. Mitchel, Administratrix of the estate of Benjamin Mitchel, deceased, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas McKay, Columbia, S. C. (McKay & McKay, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

Henry H. Edens, Columbia, S. C., (Henry Hammer, Columbia, S. C., and James P. Harrelson, Waterboro, S. C., on brief), for appellees.

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

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from judgments for plaintiffs in three actions to recover damages from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. The three cases were consolidated in the court below and heard before a jury, which returned verdicts for $1,500 and $2,000 in two cases involving personal injuries and a verdict for $4,166 in one involving the death of the injured person. The...

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