Ringer v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

W. M. Ringer recovered' a judgment against the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company on account of an injury received while in its employ, and the defendant appeals. The essential facts, as shown by the plaintiff’s own testimony, may be thus summarized: The plaintiff was a section hand, and had been engaged in that work for over seven years. He and another hand’ were at work under a *168foreman, who directed them to take bars and try to line the track — to move it a little to one side, telling them to hurry up a little, and saying he was…