St. Louis, S. F. & T. Ry. Co. v. Overturf

Appellee sued for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him while performing his duties as boiler maker’s helper for appellant, and upon trial recovered verdict followed by judgment for $750, from which this appeal is taken.

The ground of negligence urged against appellant was the detaching of the tender from an engine in the fire box of which ap-pellee was at work at the time of the accident; it being further alleged that it -was appellant’s custom to notify those at work in the fire box that the tender had been or .would be detached. The facts hereafter stated will…