Busch v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

This case comes to the writer on reassignment. The action is for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by plaintiff while employed in interstate commerce, through the negligence of the defendant, his employer. As a number of the questions urged here relate to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the several assignments of negligence relied on by plaintiff, the facts will be stated from the standpoint of his evidence. Conflicting evidence on the part of the defendant, where material, will be noted.

On July 12, 1924, plaintiff was in the employ of defendant as fireman: on that…