Ottley v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

LOZIER, C.

This is an appeal in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act case wherein respondent (hereihafter 'called plaintiff) had verdict and judgment for $10,200. Appellant (hereinafter called defendant) contends that its motions for1 directed verdict should have been sustained and that plaintiff’s main instruction is erroneous. ■ ’

Plaintiff, a freight car inspector, sustained his injury while worlú' ing in defendant’s Rosedale, Kan., Freight Yard. This was a busy “classification” yard in which about 700 ears were received daily. It consisted, primarily, of-a large number of parallel switch…