Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Co. v. Loosley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The plaintiff, alleging himself to be an employee of the defendant, recovered damages for personal injuries sustained through the carelessness of a coemployee whom it was charged the defendant had been negligent in selecting.

The plaintiff had been in railroad service ever since he was eighteen years old, beginning as baggage master about the year 1875. After four or five years he became a freight conductor, and then became a passenger conductor. At the time of his injury he was the conductor of a construction train operated by a construction…