WATKINS v. THOMPSON

No. 5083.

72 F.Supp. 953 (1947)

WATKINS v. THOMPSON.

District Court, E. D. Missouri, E. D.

July 14, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Eagleton, of St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff.

Cooper Turner, Jr., of Memphis, Tenn., and C. H. Skinker, Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., for defendant.


HULEN, District Judge.

Motion of defendant for judgment notwithstanding verdict and in the alternative for new trial, following judgment for plaintiff for $10,000 under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., is now before the Court.

Plaintiff desired employment as a switchman. Physical disability prevented his qualifying. He then made application for yard clerk work. He signed a "student" contract, "in order to properly qualify...

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