Mo. Pac. Ry. Co., Thompson, Trustee v. Davis

Action was filed in the circuit court against the appellant railroad company and its trustee by J. W. Davis as next friend of George Davis. Later Della Davis, as guardian for George Davis, insane, was substituted as plaintiff. The action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. C. A. Title 45, § 51, et seq.) to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by George Davis on March 31, 1942, when he fell from a scaffold while working on a trestle on the railroad in interstate commerce. For convenience, we refer to the injured worker, George Davis, as the…