Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Reeves

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries averred to have been suffered by the plaintiff Reeves while loading a freight car on a side track in the defendant’s railroad yard as the result of the defendant’s negligence. It was contended by the plaintiff Reeves that he was loading scrap iron onto a flat freight car, from his truck, on a side track at the defendant Railway Company’s freight depot; that while he and several others were attempting to load a very large piece of iron with the aid of a crowbar, one of the defendant’s switch engines was driven without warning against the freight…