Mech v. Terminal Railroad Assn.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries, suffered by the plaintiff while in the employ of defendant. The suit was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. At the time of his injury the plaintiff was foreman of a switch crew of defendant, and engaged in moving seven passenger coaches propelled by an engine, from the yards of defendant at Atlantic Street in the city of St. Louis, to their respective appropriate places on tracks in Union Station, in said city. Certain of the cars being so moved were the property of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, and the remainder…