Hughry v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

Plaintiff recovered damages from defendant railroad company arising out of his having been injured by a train in a switching yard. Being dissatisfied with the amount of the award, he claims error in' two particulars and seeks a new trial.

As to the first claim of error, it is not altogether clear that the court instructed the jury that plaintiff was a trespasser in that the instructions to this effect were immediately followed by another instruction that left the issue to the jury. Even assuming the jury was instructed that plaintiff was a trespasser, we find no error. The evidence was…