Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. v. Crotty
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover damages for the death of James J. Crotty, a brakeman, which occurred while he was engaged, with others, in moving a car from one of two parallel side tracks to the other over a connecting switch by the process of staking, a term which indicates that the car was being pushed toward and over the switch by means of a pole placed between the car and a moving engine or train on the other track. The only negligence charged against the defendant which the evidence tended to sustain was that staking, although known to be dangerous, was…
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