Missouri Pac. R.R., Thompson, Trustee v. Wiley

Tlie complaint alleged that on or about the 13th of October, 1937, plaintiff was employed as a night watchman upon a bridge that had been damaged by a wreck occurring at that point a few days before; that the track and bridge at the place where he was employed was used in interstate commerce over which the defendant operated freight and passenger trains in interstate commerce; that the matter of liability was governed by the Federal Employer’s Liability Act and Acts of Congress of the United States in reference thereto and that the plaintiff, while in the exercise of due care for his own…