Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Nixon, 271 U.S. 218 (1926)

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Nixon

No. 306

Argued May 3, 1926
Decided May 24, 1926
271 U.S. 218

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

Syllabus

A railroad section foreman, one of whose duties was to go over and inspect the track and keep it in repair, assumed the risk of being run down by a train while going to his work over a part of the track that was in his charge, riding (by permission of a superior) the railway velocipede which he used in track inspections. P. 219.

140 Va. 351 reversed.

Certiorari to a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, which affirmed a recovery of damages in an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.