Johnson v. Scandrett

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendants appeal from a judgment of $25,000 entered upon a verdict of a jury in an action brought by plaintiff on account of personal injuries sustained by him while employed by defendants as a bridge carpenter. The accident happened on the morning of March 18, 1936, in the daytime of a clear sunshiny day. Plaintiff, while carrying a bridge timber to be used in one of defendants’ bridges, stepped in front of one of defendants’ passenger trains, receiving serious injuries.

Defendants own and operate a line of railroad; the…