Midland Valley Railroad v. Watie

This action was instituted in ihe district court of Sequoyah county on September 11, 1931, and is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover. damages for injuries plaintiff claimed he sustained by reason of negligence of the railroad company. In the trial court Lee Watie was plaintiff and Midland Valley Railroad Company defendant, and they will be so designated herein.

The material part of the petition is as follows: That on and before the 17th day of September, 1929, plaintiff was in the employ of the said defendant as a section hand, to work on and about the track of ihe…