Myers v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Personal injury suit. On July 12, 1911, plaintiff, with his father, John E. Myers, lived at Browning, Linn County, Missouri. He was fourteen years old on the 23rd day of October following. He was working for the defendant railroad company as a section hand under his father who was foreman of the crew. On that day in the afternoon, in attempting to prevent the spread of fire from a fireguard which he and other members of the crew were engaged in burning in a meadow adjacent to defendant's right-of-way, his clothing caught fire and he was severely burned.

The petition in the suit before us was…