Spokane, P. & S. Ry. Co. v. Martin

GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.

This case is before us upon appeal from a judgment rendered in an action for damages brought by appellee, as plaintiff, against appellant. The action was brought in the District Court of the United States under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C., §§ 51-59 (45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-59), which relates to injuries to employees of common carriers engaged in interstate commerce.

Appellee was employed as a laborer in the shops of appellant. On April 22, 1932, he and several other workmen were engaged in moving a pair of locomotive trailer wheels from the locomotive pit…