Illinois Central Railroad v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MISSISSIPPI. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
It will contribute to brevity in this opinion to designate the parties as they were in the state circuit court,- the defendant in error as plaintiff and the railroad companies as defendants.
The plaintiff, a switchman in the employ of the defendants, was in the act of mounting, by means of a ladder, to the top of a box car to set the brake, when the hand hold or grab iron placed at the top of the ladder, and intended to be fastened securely to the roof of the. car, gave way, causing him to fall to the ground and sustain injuries, for which he instituted suit in a circuit court of Mississippi,…
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