Bartosik v. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad

In an action on the case under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Cahill’s St. ch. 114, f 321 et seq., at the close of all the evidence, defendant moved for an instruction in its favor, which was denied. The cause was submitted to a jury which returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $30,000, and the court, overruling motions for a new trial and in arrest, entered judgment which defendant seeks to reverse by this appeal.

The declaration was in three counts. The first count alleged in substance that defendant was a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce; that it maintained in…