SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. GILLIS

SC 877.

321 So.2d 202 (1975)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. W. L. GILLIS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Simpson, Birmingham, for appellants.

Rives, Peterson, Pettus, Conway & Burge, Birmingham, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, and Clinchfield Railroad Company from an adverse judgment based on a suit by William L. Gillis, under 45 U.S.C.A., §§ 11 (Hand Brake Act) and 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act).

Clinchfield is a partnership whose sole partners are L&N and Seaboard. Service was obtained on L&N and Seaboard and they each filed a general...

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