East St. Louis Connecting Ry. Co. v. Craven

In our judgment the evidence introduced by, and on hehalf of appellee, even if it had not been contradicted by the evidence for appellant, does not support some of the special findings or justify the general verdict.

Conceding it to be true, as claimed by appellee, that it was his duty as car inspector to pick up the side bearing and send it with the damaged car to the shops, yet after he had picked it up, he was not required by any rule or order, or any duty he owed appellant as its servant, to drop it in the narrow space between the tracks, a place of danger, instead of taking it, as he…