Bradford v. Kurn and Lonsdale

Plaintiff, David P. Bradford, sued defendants, J.M. Kurn and John G. Lonsdale, Trustees in Bankruptcy of the St. Louis-San-Francisco Railway Company, a corporation. Trial to a jury resulted in judgment for defendants, whereupon plaintiff moved for new trial. The motion was sustained, the court assigning as reason therefor that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. From the order granting new trial defendants have appealed.

Facts about which there is no dispute established that plaintiff was employed as a yardman by St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company on September 16, 1929;…