Arnold v. Alton Railroad Co.

In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, the respondent recovered a judgment against the appellant in the sum of $15,000 for injury to his left eye. The respondent’s action is founded upon an alleged violation of the Federal Boiler Inspection Act, as amended, 45 U. S. C. A., Sections 22-24. From this judgment the appellant has duly appealed.

Respondent was a fireman on one of appellant’s local freight trains running west out of Slater, Missouri. On February 28, 1934, he was injured while engaged .in making a “drop switch” of an interstate freight car at Marshall, Missouri, by the…