Chicago & Alton R. R. v. Raidy

This case is an appeal from a judgment for §3,500 rendered by the City Court of East St. Louis in favor of appellee against appellant. The action is trespass on the case for injuries received by appellee while in the service of the Wabash Railroad Company in the capacity of a switchman, in the yards of that company at East St. Louis, near a place called Bridge Junction.

Near the place where the injuries were received there are four tracks running nearly parallel with each other for some distance, the general trend of the tracks being north and south. The track farthest east belongs to the…