Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Stephenson

This suit was by the appellee to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the appellant. The complaint alleged that the appellee, an employe of Clay & Cook, live stock shippers, was engaged in loading a car supplied by the appellant; that the chute from appellant’s stock yards, through which appellee had driven hogs into said car, was connected with the car by a "drop,” or shifting bridge; that while the appellee was in the act of removing said "drop” in preparing to close the car door, and while inside of said car, the appellant’s employes,…