Aly v. Term. Railroad Assn.

Respondent, Aly, obtained a judgment against appellant, Railroad Company, in the sum of $85,000, as damages for personal injuries sustained while engaged as a switchman in the Terminal Yards at St. Louis, Missouri. The railroad association duly appealed.

This case was here on a former appeal. [See Aly v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis, 336 Mo. 340, 78 S.W.2d 851.] In the first trial there was a verdict for the defendant and this court ordered a new trial because of erroneous instructions given on behalf of the defendant. After the case was remanded, a second trial resulted in a verdict…