Higgins v. American Car Co.

The plaintiff brought suit in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis for damages on account of personal injuries. On a trial of the case, February 26, 1926, at the close of the evidence the court directed a nonsuit with leave. After the oyerruling of the plaintiff’s motion to set aside the nonsuit, he, in due course, appealed.

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a blacksmith. He worked in connection with some machinery, including a heavy hammer, used in removing and placing certain dies. The exact nature of the work which plaintiff was doing is not described, but the allegations…