Tatum v. Gulf, Mobile Ohio Railroad Co.

Action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A., § 51 et seq., for personal injuries. Yerdict for ’ plaintiff for $50,000, and from the judgment thereon the railroad appeals. Plaintiff was injured while employed by defendant in interstate commerce as rear brakeman or flagman on a south-bound freight train being operated between Tamms, Illinois, and Jackson, Tennessee. He was injured when he alighted in the nighttime from the caboose which had been stopped on a bridge or trestle at’Winford Junction, Kentucky, missed his footing, and fell 34 feet to-the creek below.

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