Holmes v. Terminal RR Ass'n of St. Louis

BOHLING, C.

J. Y. Holmes obtained a judgment of $14,000 against the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, a corporation, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Upon this appeal- defendant contends plaintiff failed to make a submissible case; that certain instructions given on behalf of plaintiff were erroneous; that improper evidence was admitted, and that plaintiff’s counsel was permitted -to make prejudicial argument and conduct improper cross-examination of witnesses over defendant’s objections.

Plaintiff, who was 26 years of age, was a mail and baggage handler and employed in…