Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Sparks

*14BARRON, Justice.

This suit was brought by Jake L. Sparks against defendants, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and Railway Express Agency, Inc., under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A., Sections 51-59. Sparks alleged that he was injured on January 25, 1963 while working in a railroad car of a Missouri Pacific train. Defendant, Railway Express Agency, Inc., (hereinafter called REA) received an instructed verdict on the ground that it was protected from the suit herein by workmen’s compensation coverage. The case was submitted to the jury under the allegations that Jake Sparks…