Hill v. Baltimore & O. R.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from a directed verdict for defendant. Plaintiff sued to recover damages for injuries incurred in an accident at Taylorville, Illinois.

The complaint charged that while plaintiff, in the exercise of ordinary care for one of his age, intelligence and experience, was proceeding across defendant’s tracks and between two standing box cars, defendant caused one of the cars to be moved to and against the other and thereby plaintiff was caught and crushed. It further alleged that defendant carelessly, negligently, wilfully and wantonly caused the box car to…