Knott v. Missouri Boiler & Sheet Iron Works

On November 19, 1920, plaintiff commenced this action in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, to recover damages from defendant, a Missouri corporation, alleged to have been sustained by him while in the service of said company, under its foreman, on the date hereafter mentioned. The petition alleges that on March 16, 1920, plaintiff was working under defendant's foreman in repairing a certain locomotive, which said work consisted, in part, of riveting together pieces of iron and steel with a pneumatic hammer or air-gun, furnished by defendant and being used in said work;…