Sanders v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

(xKiFFiN Smith, C. J.

Appellant alleged and testified that be was severly injured in September, 1935, as tbe result of a fall occasioned through negligence of a fellow-servant. Tbe trial court ruled that proof offered on appellant’s behalf was not sufficient to establish liability, and so instructed tbe jury.

Tbe accident occurred near Vineland, Mo., and suit was brought under tbe Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Appellant was working with others in constructing a large form into which concrete was to be poured in tbe process of building bridg’e piers. Tbe lining of tbe structure was made of…