Wild v. Pitcairn

Defendants, receivers of the Wabash Railway Company, appeal from a judgment for $20,000 obtained by plaintiff in the Circuit Court of St.- Louis City.

The petition alleges that plaintiff, while employed as a switchman on a train and cars being hauled on defendants’ line in interstate commerce, and while attempting to operate a handbrake, was thrown from the car and injured .by the sudden reverse turning of the brake; that the handbrake was inefficient and plaintiff’s injuries were due to the failure of defendants to comply with the Federal Safety Appliance Act and the orders of the Interstate…