Atchison, T. & S. F. R. v. Reesman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Action by David B. Beesman against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ee Railroad Company for personal injuries. Plaintiff obtained judgment. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BREWER, Circuit Justice.
This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff below (defendant in error) was on tbe 17th day of June, 1891, in the employ of the railroad company as brakeman. He bad been in such employ for about three years. At the time of the injury he was on a ditching train, composed of an engine and four cars, the engine pushing the cars. Just in front of the engine was a flat car, then a car on which the ditching machine was placed, then a box car fitted up for the men to sleep in, and in front of that a way car or caboose. Plaintiff had been at work on…
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