Hough v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Plaintiff brought this action in August, 1931, in the Circuit Court of Clinton County, for damages, in the amount of $50,000, for personal injuries which he alleges he sustained, on February 11, 1930, in the course of his employment as a switchman in defendant's railroad yards at El Reno, Oklahoma. The jury found for defendant. The trial court sustained plaintiff's motion for a new trial on the ground of error in giving certain instructions requested by defendant and defendant has appealed from the order granting a new trial.

Defendant as appellant here contends, first; that plaintiff did not…