Shipley v. Southern Pacific Co.

MR. PRESIDING- JUSTICE SCHWARTZ

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a verdict of not guilty in a personal injury suit. Plaintiff sued to recover for injuries incurred when sheets of plywood fell on him while he was unloading a boxcar on November 26, 1952 at the Washington, D. C. yards of his employer, United States Plywood Corporation, which was both consignor and consignee of the shipment. Originally named as defendants were four railroads — South-era Pacific Company, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company and the St. Louis…