St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Little

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Greene, J.:

Edwin Little brought this action against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway Company, jointly, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by falling from one of their alleged defectively equipped freight-engines, while in the performance of duties imposed upon him as a fireman on such engine. He recovered judgment against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, and it brings the case here for review.

The material allegations of the petition are: That, the defendants,…