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Impropriety or defect in the rules, by-laws, or instructions, —

the workman shall have, etc. [same as in section 1].

(5) Where personal injury is caused to a workman by

reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the

employer who has the charge and control of any signal points,

locomotive engine or train upon a railway, — the workman

shall have, etc. [same as in section 1].^

The action must be brought within six months, or in case

of death, within one year from the time of death,^ and notice

of the injury must be given within six weeks. The amount

recoverable shall not exceed the equivalent of the estimated

earnings during three years preceding the injury of a person

In the same grade, in like employment, and in the district in

which the workman is employed at the time of the injury .^

The terms of this act with some local variations have been

adopted by statute in Alabama (Code, §§ 2590-2592), Colo-

rado (L. 1893, c. 77), Indiana (Acts of' 1893, c. 180), and

Massachusetts (Acts of 1887, c. 270, amended by Acts of

1894, C. 499).4 Mississippi (l. 1896, c. 87) adopts substantially

the provisions of section 2.

Railroad Employers' Liahility Acts. In the above acts a

special liability is fixed upon railroad employers by section 5.

Some states have passed acts fixing such a liability without

^ Tn some of the states the list indudes switch, car, or any part of the

track of a railway. See Alabama Code, В§ 2590-2592. Indiana adds

telegraph office, switchyard, shop, round-house, Acts of 1893, c. 130.

2 In Massachusetts one year ; in Colorado, two j'ears. In Alabama

and Indiana governed by general statute of limitations,

3 In Massachusetts .fiOOO or |5000 is the limit according to prescribed

circumstances. The other statutes leave the matter in the same situation

as to damages as in an action at common law.

* For a discussion of these acts see Reno, Employers' Liability Acts.

For the Mass. Act, see Appendix, post.

348 LIABILITY OF MASTER

enlarging the liability of other employers. The earliest of these

acts antedating the English act was passed in Georgia in 1855.^

It j)rovidcs : вЂ

'• If tlie person injured is himsclC an employee of the [rail-

road] company, and the damage was caused by another em-

ployee, and Avithout fault or negligence on the part of the

person injured, his employment by the comi)any shall be no

bar to his recovery."

Florida has an enactment in almost similar tcrms.^ Kan-

sas has one in more general terras, but to similar effect.^

So also Missouri^ Iowa has one limited to injuries oc-

casioned by the use and operation of the railroad.^ Texas

has one similarly limited.*^ Wisconsin has one covering de-

fects in instrumentalities and negligence of fellow-servantsJ

Other states have statutes making the railroad liable to an

Inferior servant for any injury due to the negligence of a su-

perior, or of a person having control and direction of the

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