Grosse v. Terminal Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Stone

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action at law, based upon the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, brought by Arthur M. Grosse, appellee (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff), against the Terminal Eailroad Association of St. Louis, a corporation, appellant (hereinafter referred to as defendant), by whom plaintiff was employed, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Grosse, on July 13, 1937, as a result of a fall from a wrecker car through a trestle, while he and other employees were about to clear a wreck, from the right of way of the…