Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Wright
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pottawatomie County; Roy Hoffman, Judge. Action by Charles G. Wright against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
SPIARP, C.
In a trial in the district court of Pottawatomie county, plaintiff was given a judgment against defendant railway company for $8,000 for personal injuries sustained by the former while in the employ of the latter.
From the evidence it appears that plaintiff was an engineer in the service of the defendant company, and was at the time complained of engaged in running a switch engine in its railway yards at Shawnee. Plaintiff’s working hours were from 6:30 p. m. to 5 :30 a. m., with an hour off for lunch at midnight. On the night of February 18, 1910, he used engine number…
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