Pringle v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Van Burén District Court. Action To recover on account of personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in the employment of defendant as a brakeman, which are alleged to have been caused by the negligence of other employes of defendant, engaged with plaintiff in operating the cars at the time of the injury. There was a verdict and judgment thereon for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The undisputed evidence in the case establishes the following facts: Plaintiff, while in the employment of defendant as a brakeman, wras required, in the discharge of his duty, to assist his co-employes in attaching a car, which stood upon a side track, to the train he was engaged in operating. To do this, it was necessary to draw the car backward from the side-track, where it was found, to the main track, and then to move it by a forward motion of the engine through a switch to another side-track, thus ¡permitting the train to pass and to be coupled to the car, taking it in the rear. This…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Beems v. C., R. I. & P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1882
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