Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Abend

' The declaration in this case places the right of recovery upon the allegations that by the custom and rules of the company, it was the duty of the deceased to oil and examine his engine at the point in question, and that by reason of the insufficient construction of the bridge and trestle-work, the want of a suitable platform to walk upon, and by reason of spikes projecting above the timbers of the bridge along where deceased must necessarily have walked, he fell to the ground and lost his life.

The accident occurred at a bridge some two and a-half miles north of Alton Junction. This bridge…