Cox v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad

The defendant, as its name indicates, is an interstate railroad company and engaged in interstate commerce. It has connected lines of railroad in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, with its eastern terminus at St. Louis, where it connects with a large number of eastern lines. The plaintiff, a machinist in defendant's employ, brought this suit for personal injuries which he claims to have received in the course of his work at Franklin, Missouri, a division point on defendant's main line of road some 200 miles west of St. Louis and 40 miles northeast of Sedalia, Missouri.

The defendant…