Case Name: VIRGINIAN RY. CO. v. LINKOUS
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1916-07-08
Citations: 235 F. 49
Docket Number: No. 1379
Parties: VIRGINIAN RY. CO. v. LINKOUS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 235
Pages: 49–52

Head Matter:
VIRGINIAN RY. CO. v. LINKOUS.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
July 8, 1916.)
No. 1379.
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge.
On rehearing. Former opinion (230 Fed. 88, 144 C. C. A. 386), reversing judgment below, adhered to.
H. T. Hall, of Roanoke, Va., and G. A. Wingfield, of Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff in error.
W. L. Welborn and S. H. Hoge, both of Roanoke, Va. (Welborn & Jamison and Hoge, Williams & Darnall, all of Roanoke, Va., on the brief), for defendant in error.
Before PRITCHARD, KNAPP, and WOODS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
The above-entitled cause was decided at the November term, 1915, of this court, the court holding that the defendant in error, under the circumstances, was not entitled to recover. A petition for rehearing was presented December 25, 1915, and the case was reargued at this term.
Having fully discussed the question as to whether the injury of the defendant in error was due in whole or in part to the negligence of a fellow servant, in the opinion heretofore announced, we do not now deem it necessary to enter into a further discussion of that phase of the case. After a careful consideration of the contention of counsel for defendant in error, as well as the authorities cited, we think that the decision of this court in the first instance was correct.
Therefore we adhere to our former opinion, reversing the lower court.