Loffler v. D., L. W.R.R. Co.

Plaintiff was employed as a porter by the defendant and was injured through a fall from one of the company's cars. He brought this action under the Federal Employers Liability act to recover the damages sustained and it resulted in a nonsuit. The appeal is from the judgment entered on the nonsuit and the ruling of the court on the motion to nonsuit is the ground urged for reversal.

We think the nonsuit was proper. Appellant had carried the baggage of a passenger into the car, and, before he could get off, the train started. Deeming it unsafe to alight on the station platform he remained on the…