Ellis M. Wilkins, appellant, sued his employer, the El Dorado and Wesson Railroad, appellee, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Appellant contended that he injured his back while lifting railroad ties over the side of a hopper or gondola car, a railroad car with sides of varying height but being three feet four inches in this case. In his complaint, Wilkins stated the railroad was negligent...
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