Reading Co. v. Larkin

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Larkin, an employee of the defendant company, instituted suit for damages in the court below under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., for injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of his employer, an interstate carrier. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff whereon the court below entered judgment; and, from that judgment, the defendant took the present appeal. The appellant contends that the evidence adduced at trial was not sufficient to sustain the finding, implied by the jury’s verdict, that the…