Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Remel

The appellee on June 3, 1930, was in the employ of the appellant as a brakeman on a freight train running from North Little Rock, Arkansas, to Poplar Bluff, Missouri. While in the service of appellant as such brakeman, he was engaged in switching a part of the train at Newport, Arkansas, and was thrown from one of the cars and injured.

The appellee was at the time of the injury engaged in interstate commerce and was assisting in operating a train which was carrying interstate commerce, and the suit was therefore brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, and a recovery for his injury…