Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Sanford

Appellee, plaintiff in the court below, was a switchman in the employ of the appellant railway company and engaged in the work of moving interstate commerce which was being transported by the defendant, a common carrier by railroad, and engaged at the time in commerce as such (between the States. On the 11th day of December, 1927, while employed as aforesaid, appellee received severe personal injuries by reason of the defective condition of the track over which commerce was being handled in Shreveport, Louisiana.

There is no conflict in the evidence with reference to tie manner in which the…