Vaughan v. St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by E. C. Vaughan while employed by the St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway Company as assistant yardmaster in its yards at Madison, Illinois.

Plaintiff went to trial on his amended petition alleging therein that at the time he was injured defendant was engaged in interstate commerce and plaintiff was employed by defendant in interstate commerce. It was further alleged in this petition that “defendant maintains a large switch yard of many tracks in or near the city of Madison in the State of Illinois;…