St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Dyson

Hall; J.

Appeilee brought suit against appellant, an interstate carrier, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. Sec. 51 et seq., for the recovery of damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in its employment as a brakeman on one of its interstate trains. The declaration is in two counts, the first being for an accident alleged to have occurred on April 30, 1944, and the second being for an accident alleged to have occurred about two months later. Upon conclusion of all the evidence the trial court granted a peremptory instruction for appellant upon…