Indianapolis Bloomington & Western R. R. v. Flanigan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. John Burns, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by Michael J. Flanigan, against the Indianapolis, Bloomington and-Western Bailroad Company. The opinion of the court states the nature and facts of the case - with sufficient fullness. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the circuit court, for the sum of $6000, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Plaintiff in this suit was a freight conductor on defendant’s railroad. While in that service, it was a part of his duty, when occasion required it, to couple cars. He had been directed to leave at Mansfield station four empty freight cars belonging to the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad Company. It was about midnight when he arrived at the station, and, in setting off the cars, he found it would be necessary, in order to clear the crossing, to couple one of them with a White Line car that had previously been standing on the side-track. Both cars had attached what are called “double buffers,” the…
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