Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Troyer

Dueeie, O.

Troyer, the defendant in error, was injured in the freight yards of the plaintiff in error, at Lincoln, between 11 and 12 o’clock on the night of July 14, 1898. He left Aurora with a car-load of hogs on stock train No. 48, and, on its arrival at Lincoln, the train with the engine stopped at or near the O street viaduct and the rear end of the train some thirty car-lengths to the north thereof. It was the custom of the railroad company to make up another drain at Lincoln, taking such stock as was destined for South Omaha into the newly made-up train, and the stockmen were required to…