Strobel v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co.

Matson, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for both defendants.

This personal injury action by plaintiff, a railroad employee, is brought against defendant Heilman, a motorist, on the theory of common-law negligence and against defendant railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, for negligence under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (35 Stat. 65, as amended, 45 USCA, § 51).

Defendant railroad, herein called the Rock Island, is engaged in interstate commerce and owns and maintains a double-deck drawbridge spanning the Mississippi River near Inver Grove, Minnesota.…