Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Cox

This is an action by appellee against appellant to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by appellee in the year 1929, while engaged in the repair of a locomotive engine at appellant’s roundhouse in Bedford, Ind. Appellee alleged that the injuries were incurred in the course of his employment, due to the alleged negligence on the part of appellant in furnishing appellee with defective working tools and in furnishing a defective base upon which the appliances were required to be used.

Appellee filed his complaint in three paragraphs drawn under the Employers’ Liability Act…