Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Blank

The deceased, Henry Blank, with a gang of men numbering about twenty-seven, in ¡November, 1886, was engaged in loading gravel on the cars of appellant, in the County of Bureau, under the control and direction of Wm. Henry, who was conductor of the train in the employ of appellant. The gravel bank from which the gravel was being taken was situated on the Buda and Rusliville branch of the appellant’s road, about three miles north of Buda, in Bureau County. A switch from the branch line runs from a point a little north, from and to the gravel pit. The train usually backs down from Buda to the…