Thornton v. Davis

This action was brought by plaintiff, under the federal employers’ liability act, against defendant as director general of railroads.

Plaintiff alleged that, on March 5, 1918, he was employed by defendant as a watchman on an interstate bridge which crosses the Missouri river, extending from Omaha, Nebraska, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and which forms a part of the Illinois Central railroad system; that on the date mentioned an ice gorge, which threatened the security of the bridge, had formed in the river; that, in an effort to break up the ice gorge, the foreman in charge of the bridge, and…