St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Norman

Appellee recovered judgment in the sum of $500 against appellant in the circuit court' of Little River County for an injury he received in the left foot while engaged, with other employees, in replacing old rails with new ones on -the main line of appellant’s- railway. It was alleged that the injury was caused through the negligence of a fellow-servant by the name of Abe Cowens, who prematurely struck the rail or bolts at the connection joint of two rails after the last nut had been severed with the chisel held by appellee, thereby causing the steel rail which had been pushed over to one side…