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SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. PUCKETT

No. 219.

244 U.S. 571 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 703

61 L.Ed. 1321

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. PUCKETT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sanders McDaniel, with whom Mr. L.E. Jeffries and Mr. E.R. Black were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edgar Watkins, with whom Mr. Spencer R. Atkinson and Mr. E.W. Born were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Puckett recovered a verdict and judgment in the City Court of Atlanta against the Southern Railway Company for damages arising from personal injuries sustained by him in August, 1911, while at work for the company in its yard at Atlanta, Georgia. As submitted to the jury, the action was founded upon the Federal Employers' Liability Act of April 22, 1908, as amended by...

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