Williamson v. Wabash Railroad Co.

This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, filed in the circuit court of Jackson County, Missouri. Respondent, J. F. Williamson, obtained a judgment for $17,500 for injuries received by him on account of a collision of two trains operated by appellant, Wabash Railroad Company. From this judgment appellant has duly appealed.

Appellant’s first assignment of error is that the court should have sustained its motion for a directed verdict at the close of. all of the evidence.

The record shows that on April 11, 1944, the crew of appellant’s freight train No. 92 consisted of the…