Jarvis v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

— This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff, John W. Jarvis, and against defendant Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, for $20,000, on account of injuries alleged to have been sustained by Jarvis at Christopher, Illinois, while employed by defendant in interstate commerce, which injuries resulted in amputation of plaintiff’s right leg about the knee.

The petition alleged that at the time plaintiff was injured he was employed by defendant as a flagman or rear switchman and “was riding on the rear end of a cut of cars in the performance of his duty when said…