Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Burton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller .Circuit Court; George B. Haynie, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. William A. Burton sued tbe Kansas City Southern Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employment of the company by reason of its negligence. The material facts are as follows: In -January, 1915, William A. Burton was employed as a section ¡hand by the defendant railway company.
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Appeal from Miller .Circuit Court; George B. Haynie, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. William A. Burton sued tbe Kansas City Southern Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employment of the company by reason of its negligence. The material facts are as follows: In -January, 1915, William A. Burton was employed as a section ¡hand by the defendant railway company. He was injured while assisting in hauling ties on a push car with a motor car pulling it, the accident happening near Ravenna, in Miller County- Arkansas. The push…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). (1) Counsel for the defendant assigns as error the action of the court with relation to certain remarks of counsel for plaintiff. It appears that a short time before the trial the attorney for the plaintiff went to the scene of the accident and took certain photographs showing the motor car and the push car on the tracks as they were at the time of the accident. The plaintiff was injured on January 14, 1915. During the first part of June he was engaged in sawing down trees for a lumber company. An agent of the defendant made arrangements with the foreman of…
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