Laughlin v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Action for damages for personal injuries. From a judgment for the plaintiff (respondent here) defendants have appealed.

The second amended petition, upon which the case was tried, avers the corporate organization of the defendants and that they were engaged as common carriers for hire in interstate commerce; that defendant, Missouri Pacific Railroad Corporation in Illinois, hereafter referred to as "Illinois corporation," owned and operated certain classification switch yards at Dupo, Illinois, used for making up trains, especially freight trains; that under the provisions of a certain deed…