Coleman v. Southern Pacific Co.

THE COURT.

Plaintiff, an employee of defendant company, appeals from a judgment on a verdict for defendant in his personal injury action based on the Federal Boiler Inspection Act, (45 U.S.C.A. § 22 et seq.) which declares unlawful the use of unsafe locomotives and appurtenances and thereby supplements the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.) He urges mainly that he was deprived of a fair trial because of the reference by defendant before the jury to a previous action by plaintiff against defendant under the same statutes, to the attitude of plaintiff in said action, and…