Howell v. Shores

The appellee, Harley Shores, while employed as an “Extra-Gang” laborer by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, was, on December 19, 1943, severely injured as a result of being struck by a piece of ice thrown or otherwise dislodged from a passing troop train. The appellant, D. H. Howell, a practicing attorney of Yan Burén, Arkansas, was employed by the ap-pellee to file suit against the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company to recover compensation tor the injuries thus sustained.

The appellant and appellee entered into what appellant terms “the usual personal injury contract whereby (Howell) was…