Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. Morgan

— The appellee brought this action against the appellant for damages resulting from an injury alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellant. The appellee was acting in the capacity of yardmaster on appellant’s railroad at Butler, Ind., and the injury is alleged to have occurred by reason of a defective engine.

It is alleged in the complaint that appellee’s duty was the making up of trains of cars, coupling and uncoupling cars; that the engine provided for and used in doing said work was, as appellant and her officers well knew, defective, unsafe and dangerous, and, as…