Malone v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co.

— The plaintiff was employed to wipe defendant’s engines and to do some other work in and about the defendant’s round-house. One of his duties was to open the doors of the round-house and allow the engines to pass in and but, and to shut the doors afterward. These doors, it seems, were large, weighing several hundred pounds. At the time of the accident in question, the plaintiff and two other employes were endeavoring* to shut them. There had been an accumulation of snow and ice, which obstructed the doors and made it difficult to shut them. The plaintiff and his co-employes had succeeded in…