Legal Opinion
Swain v. Terminal Railroad Association
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 11, 1927PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Commerce, 12CJ, p. 45, n. 22; p. 47, n. 32, 34 New; Railroads, 33Cyc, p. 705, n. 34. This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. The trial, with a jury, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $5,000, and the defendant appeals.
The plaintiff at the time of his injury was in the employ of defendant, and was engaged in work on the Eads Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. The Eads Bridge is owned by the St.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- North Carolina Railroad v. ZacharySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Illinois Central Railroad v. SheegogSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Gray v. KurnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
- Gulf M. N.R. Co. v. MaddenMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
- Wetterer v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1934
- LaRue v. Indiana Harbor Belt RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937
- Graham v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948