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

WILLIAMS, Justice.

The principal question to he determined herein is whether the trial court properly sustained defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence. The parties appear here in the same relative position as in the trial court and further reference to them is here so made.

Plaintiff initiated his action under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act for damages for personal injuries. In his petition plaintiff alleged that on July 25, 1960, the defendant’s train on which he was the conductor derailed; that he sustained severe and permanent injuries; that “for a long time…