Lang v. United States Reduction Co.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action for personal injuries brought under the Indiana Employees’ Liability Act,1 claimed to have been sustained by plaintiff Michael Lang while in the employ of the defendant. The cause was submitted to a jury. There was a verdict for plaintiff upon which judgment was rendered, and defendant appeals.

The cause was submitted to the jury upon two charges of negligence. The substance of the first charge was that in November of 1933 plaintiff was employed by defendant as a night watchman for twelve hours per night every night in the week; that he notified…