Cahill v. Illinois Central Railroad

The plaintiff was a section foreman in the service of defendant at Winthrop, Iowa. In the- work of repairing and mending the railway track he and his gang of three men were supplied with, a push car on which tools or materials were transported or moved from place to place. It was their duty to be on the lookout for trains, and in proper time before the arrival of one to remove the push car from the track. On the day in question, plaintiff and his men were in the line of duty, moving their car with their -tools and repair material along the track to 'the eastward, when they discovered the…