Sol C. Thomas v. Union Railway Company

In the above cause, arising under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Title 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., it was claimed that the appellant had sustained injuries while engaged in carrying out his duties as an employee of the railroad company, when leaving his office and stepping from the porch thereof onto the concrete floor of a roundhouse, where he slipped and fell because of pin grease that had been left upon the concrete through the negligence of the railroad.

The trial court charged the jury that the railroad was not liable for injuries sustained from dangers that were obvious or as well…