Watkins v. Thompson

HULEN, District Judge.

Motion of defendant for judgment notwithstanding verdict and in the alternative for new trial, following judgment for plaintiff for $10,000 under the Fedei'al Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., is now before the Court.

Plaintiff desired employment as a switch-man. Physical disability prevented his qualifying. He then made application for yard clerk work. He signed a “student” contract, “in order to properly qualify himself for the duties of such position”. The contract required plaintiff to serve as a *955student without compensation for such time as…