Markley v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries, sustained when plaintiff fell through a hole in the floor of a car furnished by defendant to plaintiff's employer. Plaintiff obtained a verdict for $10,000. Defendant has appealed from the judgment entered on this verdict.

Plaintiff's employer, the Centropolis Crusher Company, operated a rock crusher in Kansas City. Its plant was located on the east side of a double spur track, running north from defendant's main tracks. Rock, crushed at the plant, was conveyed on an endless belt into a bin, above the spur track, supported on large upright…