Aldridge v. Wabash Railway Co.

* NOTE: Opinion filed at September Term, 1933, December 20, 1933; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled June 19, 1934; motion to transfer to Court en Banc filed; motion overruled at May Term, June 19, 1934. Defendant railway company appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court, City of St. Louis, in the sum of $10,000. Plaintiff sued for damages for personal injuries under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (Sec. 51, Chap. 2, Title 45, Railroads, U.S. Code Annotated). Defendant denies that that act is applicable to this case.

Plaintiff alleged and gave testimony tending to prove that,…