The plaintiff-respondent brakeman recovered a judgment against the defendant-appellant railroad for $45,000 damages for injuries to his back, which were sustained when he was attempting to release the brakes on a freight car in appellant's freight yards at Belen, New Mexico. The suit was based upon appellant's alleged violations of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51, and the Federal...
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