Missouri Pacific Railway Co., Thompson v. Guy

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Clark circuit court awarding the appellee, a young man twenty-four year's of age, $25,000 for personal injuries which he claimed to have received while an employee of the appellant upon a weed burning machine. The appellee was employed in the summer of 1939 and worked on a weed burning machine. In December, 1939, he took an examination upon the rules promulgated by the appellant for the safety of its employees and others. He stood a good examination, and passed with credit to himself, having answered correctly 243 rules upon which he was.examined.

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