Thompson v. Tippit

GANNON, Justice.

Plaintiff, Orville J. Tippit, aged forty, and employed for many years in railroad section work- — first as a hand and later as a foreman — sued Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, successor to the, liability of Guy A. Thompson, Trustee of the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., to recover damages resulting from a heart attack suffered in the performance of the duties of his employment.

Plaintiff experienced his heart attack while engaged in the work of replacing two very heavy 16-foot ties which…