Morris v. Atlas Portland Cement Co.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff while in the employment of defendant Atlas Portland Cement Company, and alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendant corporation and its foreman and vice-principal. J.H. Ruch. The petition thus states plaintiff's cause of action:

"That on or about the 14th day of October, 1924, and long prior thereto, said defendant (corporation) had adopted and was using in its quarry and plant in moving the quarried rocks cars, loaded by a steam shovel, which cars were placed and moved on tracks by means of a dinky-engine;…