Smith v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Commissioner.
In this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., the Wabash Railroad appeals from a verdict and judgment of $10,000 in favor of its former employee, Allen J. Smith, Jr. Allen, a clerk in the disbursements office, was injured when a sixty-five pound cardboard box, or boxes, of IBM cards fell from the top of a seven-foot stack as he reached to get one of the cartons. The evidence, admittedly, supports the charge of negligence, but because of the admission of certain evidence and the giving of instruction one the railroad contends that it…
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