Mace v. Boedker

It appears without dispute that defendant is an Illinois corporation, and at tbe time of tbe accident in question was engaged in grading a line of railroad for tbe use of another corporation in Wapello county, Iowa. In tbe performance of this work, defendant constructed a temporary track along tbe line of tbe grade, and operated thereon trains of dump cars, moved by small engines, by which device tbe earth excavated from tbe cuts was transported and deposited upon tbe fills. To enable tbe trains to pass each other, switches and side tracks were made use of at convenient points upon tbe line.…