Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Harris

Harris, plaintiff below, recovered a verdict and judgment against Norfolk Southern Railway Company, defendant, for an alleged breach of his contract of employment as a locomotive engineer by the defendant. The defendant asserts here that the judgment was erroneous because the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence, because of improper argument by plaintiff’s counsel and because of erroneous rulings on instructions.

The plaintiff was discharged in September, 1946. He began working for the defendant or its predecessor in 1900, became an engineer in 1917 and had served continuously…