St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Harrell

Appellee, the plaintiff below, was employed by the appellant railroad company on March 14, 1922, on which day he was engaged in unloading stringers, which were to be used in repairing a bridge across the White River near Clarendon, and, while so engaged, he sustained serious injuries, and he instituted this suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages to compensate the injury. He recovered a judgment, after a trial before the jury, to reverse which this appeal has been prosecuted.

We make no extended statement of the testimony, as the theory upon which a recovery was…