Wors v. Tarlton

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment rendered against him upon an involuntary nonsuit. The action is one at common law for damages for personal injuries, with damages prayed against the defendants in the sum of $7500.

Plaintiff, an employee of the Illinois Terminal Company, a common carrier by railroad, was injured upon certain premises located in the vicinity of Twelfth and Morgan Streets in the City of St. Louis, where excavation work was in progress preparatory to the laying of the foundation for a large building to be erected at that point. Defendant Midwest Industrial…