Callen v. Pennsylvania R.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a plaintiff’s judgment in a personal injury suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, § 1, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51.

On December 14, 1944, plaintiff-appellee was a brakeman employed by defendant-ap*833pellant. In jumping from tlie stirrup of a tender then being pushed by an engine, and about to be coupled to some standing cars, appellee claimed to have hurt his back. He was apparently able to complete his work for that day but after he arrived home his back was sore. He “thought all the while it is just a little strain.” He did not go to work again…