Rio Grande Southern Railroad v. Nichols

r. August 25, 1906, plaintiff Nichols, was braking on a freight train of the defendant, The Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company, and while .crossing the Dolores river, the bridge collapsed, and he; with seven freight cars and the caboose in which he was riding, was precipitated into the gulch below, severely injuring him. Tile complaint ■ alleges .defendant negligently failed to maintain a reasonably -safe road-bed and track across the" *302river on which to run its trains; that it negligently maintained the bridge upon which the track was laid across the river; that it negligently failed to…