Hensley v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.

This action was brought under the federal employers’ liability act, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff while working for defendant as a section laborer. Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $14,000. Defendant appeals. .

Of the many assignments of error,- we shall consider only such as seem necessary to a proper determination of the cause.

From the record it appears that the defendant operates á system of railways, extending into and through a num*692ber of states. Plaintiff had been employed for a number of years by the defendant as a section laborer.…