Henwood v. Chaney

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Berryman Henwood, Trustee of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, to review a judgment for $67,000 for plaintiff O. R. Chaney in an action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, § 1, 45 U.S.C.A. § 5l, and the ‘Safety Appliance Act, § 2, 45 U.S.C.A. § 2, for injuries sustained by plaintiff who fell while he was attempting to pull a coupling pin during a switching operation, and was run over by one of the cars. Plaintiff •charged defendant with negligence in failing to furnish a reasonably safe place in which to work and in using…