HAWKINS v. MISSOURI PAC. R. CO.

No. 14043.

188 F.2d 348 (1951)

HAWKINS v. MISSOURI PAC. R. CO.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

March 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Fred Jones, Little Rock, Ark. (Edward E. Stocker, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for appellant.

Pat Mehaffy, Little Rock, Ark. (Henry Donham, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

In an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., there was a verdict for the employer, on which the court entered judgment, and the employee has appealed.

Appellant claimed that a switch engine, on which he was working as a brakeman in appellee's yards at Spadra, Arkansas, had been started forward without a signal, while he was crossing the track in front of it, and that as a result he had received...

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