Illinois Central Railroad v. Heath

This was an action on the case commenced in the circuit court of Kankakee county by the appellee, against the appellant, to recover damages for an injury which resulted in the loss of his right arm. The declaration contained one count, which alleged, in substance, that on September n, 1904, while the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant as a switchman and engaged in uncoupling cars in defendant’s switch yard, in the city of Chicago, he stepped into a hole from four to twelve inches deep, contiguous to defendant’s railroad track, and was thereby thrown forward, and in attempting to…