Winter v. Central Iowa Railway Co.

Plaintiff, at the time of the accident in question, was riding as a passenger in the caboose attached to a freight train. While the train was in-motion a coupling broke, and the caboose, and the other cars which were detached, came to a stand-still. The engine and balance of the train had proceeded about two miles when the engineer discovered what had happened. He immediately stopped the train, and commenced ■ backing it towards the standing cars, for the purpose of coupling to them. For some reason, however, he did not have the engine well under control, and when the train struck the…