PAYNE v. BALTIMORE & OHIO R. CO.

Term No. 53-M-6.

351 Ill. App. 186 (1953)

114 N.E.2d 323

Pearl Payne, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Co., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication September 10, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

TOLLIVER & BAYLER, and CLARENCE A. TILLEMA, all of Louisville, for appellant.

McCOLLUM & McCOLLUM, of Louisville, and KRAMER, CAMPBELL, COSTELLO & WIECHERT, of East St. Louis, for appellee; E.H. BURGESS, and KENNETH H. EKIN, both of Baltimore, Md., of counsel.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHEINEMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, Pearl Payne, brought this suit against the defendant, Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Co., under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, alleging personal injuries received in the course of his employment as a section hand on the railroad's property. A jury returned a verdict for $10,000 and the trial court entered judgment for defendant notwithstanding the verdict, with an alternative allowance...

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