Hamilton v. St. Louis, K. & N. W. R. Co.

ADAMS, District Judge.

This suit was instituted by the plaintiff who was a servant in the employ of the defendant company to recover damages for alleged negligence. The defendant pleads as an *93affirmative defense that prior to the time of the accident complained of the defendant organized a “Relief Department” contemplating the creation of a fund by voluntary contributions of its employés and by appropriations made and to be made by itself for the purpose of paying to the members contributing thereto, certain benefits in case of sickness or disability resulting from injury while in defendant’s…