Nelson v. Southern Railway Co.

Citations

• 246 U.S. 253
• 38 S. Ct. 233
• 62 L. Ed. 699
• 1918 U.S. LEXIS 1540

Syllabus

<p>A civil engineer, employed by a railroad company, while surveying within one of its yards, was injured by a fall resulting from a defective tie and a space between ties unfilled by ballast. In an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, held, upon the'evidence, that the company did not fail in any duty which it owed to him.</p>