Means v. Terminal Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the City Court of Bast St. Louis; the Hon. W. M. Vandeventeb, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
Charles A. Means and a man named Holly were put at work by appellant, in its yards in East St. Louis, on January 23, 1913, repairing cars. In the work it became necessary to raise the car, which was a box freight car, by means of jacks, so they could remove the bolster. After the car had been so raised, it suddenly turned over sidewise, catching both workmen beneath it and killing them. Appellee’s claim is that the jacks -furnished by appellant were imperfect and defective and thereby caused the injury, while the theory of…
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