Daniels v. Union Pacific Railway Co.

This is a suit by a brakeman, an employe of the defendant company, for an injury to him while in the line of his duty on a train that was wrecked. He was severely injured, and permanently in one leg and one of his shoulders, so as to be unable to perform manual labor. The evidence tends to show that the train on which the plaintiff was at work as brakeman was wrecked by a broken wheel; that *358there was an old crack in the wheel, which could have been seen by proper inspection; and the question was fairly submitted to the jury, and they found that this was negligence in the defendant company. We…