LYLE v. BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 5087.

237 F.2d 683 (1956)

Wilmer L. LYLE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Stern, Bangor, Me., for appellant.

Scott Brown, Houlton, Me., for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and WOODBURY and HARTIGAN, Circuit Judges.


WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in an action brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act1 has taken this appeal from a judgment summarily entered for the defendant by the United States District Court for the District of Maine. There is no dispute about the following facts.

On May 21, 1952, and for about ten years prior thereto, the plaintiff-appellant was employed by the defendant-appellee as a trackman or "section...

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