Aeby v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The plaintiff sued the defendant under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for damages for personal injuries sustained by her while employed as station agent at Magness, Arkansas. The jury returned a verdict assessing the plaintiff's damages at $21,500. Plaintiff, at the suggestion of the court, remitted $6,500, and judgment was rendered for plaintiff for $15,000 and the defendant appealed.

The evidence for the plaintiff is that she entered the employ of the defendant as a ticket agent at its station at Morefield, Arkansas, a station between Batesville and Magness, on March 20, 1919, and…