Williams v. Terminal Railroad Ass'n of St. Louis

* NOTE: Opinion filed at September Term, 1935, March 10, 1936; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled October 8, 1936; motion to transfer to Court en Banc filed; motion overruled at September Term, 1936, November 12, 1936. This is an action, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (U.S.C.A. 51-59), for damages for personal injuries Plaintiff was injured while working as a section hand on defendant's interstate track and the applicability of the Federal Act is conceded. Plaintiff obtained a verdict for $15,000 and, from the judgment entered thereon, defendant has appealed. Defendant…