Missouri Pac. Rd. Co., Thompson v. Yates

This suit was brought by appellee against appellant in tbe circuit court of Clark county to recover $3,000 for alleged injuries received by him on account of being hit, through the alleged negligence of appellant’s servants'and agents, by a billet which fell twelve feet from a flat car in motion on the ice plant spur in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, first striking the ground and then bouncing around and hitting him at a time when he was in the exercise of all the care and precaution of any reasonable, prudent person for his own safety. It was alleged that at the time of the injury appellee was…