Illinois Central Railroad v. Williams' Administrator

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

Briefly, the case is this: J. V. Williams was an. assistant bridge foreman in the employment of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. The tracks, of the railroad company at Rockport, Ky., were crossed by an overhead wooden bridge used for vehicle and foot passage. _ This bridge was partly supported1 by upright posts put in the ground near the railroad tracks. One night in May, 1913, when a freight train was derailed under this bridge, one of the freight cars turned over against one of the posts supporting the bridge, causing the bridge to partially…