Savage v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff's evidence was that he was employed as a switchman in the yards of the Wabash Railway Company in North Kansas City, Missouri, and that he was earning $6.62 per day for each day he worked. His monthly earnings averaged between $154 and $191 per month.

The main line of the Burlington Railway ran from northeast to southwest through North Kansas City, the North Kansas City station being on the west side of the main line. There was also between the main line and the North Kansas City station the single main track of the Q.O. K.C. Railway.…