Neal v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court. Jeptha H. Evans, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. George W. Tajdor was employed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company as a brakeman on one of its freight trains. On the 18th of January, 1899, the train upon which he worked left Yan Burén, Arkansas, for Coifeyville, Kansas. The train reached Salisaw, Indian Territory, about four o’clock in the afternoon, and had two cars to be left at that point.
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court. Jeptha H. Evans, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. George W. Tajdor was employed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company as a brakeman on one of its freight trains. On the 18th of January, 1899, the train upon which he worked left Yan Burén, Arkansas, for Coifeyville, Kansas. The train reached Salisaw, Indian Territory, about four o’clock in the afternoon, and had two cars to be left at that point. For the purpose of putting these cars on the side track, the train was uncoupled, and the engine, with fourteen or fifteen cars attached, was run…
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Riddick, J.,
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