Campbell v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Goss, C. j:

This is an action for damages for personal injuries received by an employee under the federal employers’ liability act. At the close of the evidence on behalf of plaintiff, the court sustained defendant’s motion to dismiss.

Plaintiff had been employed by defendant as a section-hand for about a year. He had worked for the Burlington railroad at one time for almost five years. One year of that *500service was as a section-hand and the rest was on the paint gang and on the bridge gang. He was about 44 years old and had 'an eighth grade education.

The injury occurred May 29, 1929, on the…