Poe v. Illinois Central Railroad

Plaintiff was injured by stumbling and falling, as he claims, over a pile of gravel in defendant's switchyard at East St. Louis. He sued for damages alleging negligence on the part of defendant. He recovered judgment for $9150, from which defendant appealed. Both parties were engaged in interstate commerce and the action was properly brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. There are several specifications of negligence in plaintiff's petition but the case was submitted to the jury on only one, viz., that defendant knew or in the exercise of ordinary care could and should have…