case was governed by the Federal Employers' Liability Act. 180 S.W. Rep. 443. The state court said, in its statement of facts:
"Defendant owns and operates a system of railroads covering this and a number of other western States and is a common carrier of both interstate and intrastate traffic. Its terminal yards at Kansas City are in Missouri and are an important center for the handling of both kinds of business originating upon and confined to defendant's lines, as well as for the interchange of business with other interstate railroads. Locomotives and cars *179 used in both kinds of traffic are received, sent out, cared for and repaired in the yards. The switching crew of which Harrington was a member did not work outside of this State andand find hilariously appropriate buttons to push, such as: three buttons in a row, labeled "Missiles" "Lotsa Missiles" and "ALL DA MISSILES"... guess which one he chose? All three.*** Going for his "save the world" button, he found it was out of order, but "Destroy the world", "Smite the world" and "Destroy the world WORSE" were perfectly fine.** The absurdity of the overkills, however, sometimes went beyond physics, as, on two separate occasions, the Megas opened up its chest, and out came the main gun of an iconic anime spaceship - the first, in the pilot episode, was the main cannon and front hull of the ''Battlestar Yamato'' from the series of the same name; and the second, in an episode close to the series finale, was the