AMOS v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 44108.

273 S.W.2d 155 (1954)

Ray R. AMOS, Respondent, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 2.

December 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kramer, Campbell, Costello & Wiechert, East St. Louis, Ill., Fordyce, Mayne, Hartman, Renard & Stribling, F. W. Schwarz, St. Louis, for (defendant) appellant.

Elledge & Johnson, Winston-Salem, N. C., Charles E. Gray, St. Louis, for (plaintiff) respondent.


WESTHUES, Commissioner.

Plaintiff filed this suit in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained when he was struck by a chain and block while he was attempting to loosen the chain which was being used in connection with a derrick in replacing a bridge near Walnut Cove, North Carolina. A trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $108,000. Defendant appealed.

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