Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ward
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
Suit was brought in the Superior Court, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company and A. J. Carney to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received by Ward while he was employed as a switchman of the railway company in its yards at Shawnee. He recovered a judgment which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 68 Oklahoma,---. The ground upon which recovery was sought against the railway company and Carney, who was an engine foreman, was that Ward, while engaged in his duty as a switchman, was suddenly thrown from the top of a…
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