Matthews v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

SHAW, J. pro tem.

Plaintiff, who was employed by defendant as a switchman in its yard at Bar stow, brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries received by him during a switching operation in interstate commerce, alleging that the injuries resulted from negligence of his foreman in improperly directing a movement of cars so that a car on which plaintiff was riding crashed into other cars and plaintiff was thereby violently thrown against the car on which he was riding and injured. The verdict and judgment were for plaintiff, and defendant appeals from the judgment.

The accident…