Foss v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Action for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. 'Defendant moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The motion was denied. There was'no motion for a new trial. The defendant appeals from the judgment for the plaintiff on the verdict.

The question is whether there was 'evidence from which a jury could find a verdict for the plaintiff.

The plaintiff was working in the defendant’s shops at Havelock, Nebraska. An apprentice, for whose acts of negligence the defendant was liable under the Nebraska statute, was fitting pins into a fluting-iron. This fluting-iron, so far as…