Walker v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

Action for damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability for the death of Wilson Walker, a minor. Judgment for plaintiff for $6000 and defendant has appealed.

The defendant operates a railroad running east from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and is engaged in interstate commerce. In August, 1920, defendant was engaged in building a grade and laying rails thereon to construct two switches about ten miles east of Poplar Bluff, each of which was to connect with, its main line at both ends. A number of men who were employed by defendant and engaged in this work lived in Poplar Bluff and were conveyed to…