Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Winters

This is .an action for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff, the defendant in error, at Marshalltown, Iowa, on October 21, 1912. The decisions below will be found in 126 Minnesota, 260 and 131 Minnesota, 181; id. 496. The declaration alleged that at the time the plaintiff was employed by the defendant in interstate commerce, although it went on to set forth laws of the'-State of Iowa concerning the- liability of railroads and contributory negligence. It alleged ,that the injury was caused by the negligence of the defendant in failing to furnish a reasonably safe instrument for the work…