MISSOURI PAC. R. CO. v. SPANGLER

No. 12570.

140 F.2d 917 (1944)

MISSOURI PAC. R. CO. v. SPANGLER.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

February 25, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Pryor, of Ft. Smith, Ark., and Harvey G. Combs, of Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

J. Loyd Shouse, of Harrison, Ark. (H. J. Denton, of Cotter, Ark., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STONE, THOMAS, and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The action is one in negligence for personal injuries, under Arkansas common law, by an employee against a railroad company and its trustee in reorganization.1 On a trial to a jury there was a verdict for the employee. Both parties filed motions for a new trial, and the court set aside the verdict. On a re-trial, the jury returned another verdict for the employee, and, from the judgment entered thereon, the company...

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