Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. Rittenhouse

Appellee was a switchman employed in the yards of appellant company at Terre Haute. He was one of a number that composed what was known and designated as a switching crew. When engaged in the line of his duty he was injured while coupling some cars that were thrown on a switch to cars standing on such switch. For such injury he prosecuted this action, and recovered a judgment for $5,000. His complaint is in a single paragraph, and his right to recover is bottomed upon the employer’s liability act of 1893. It is important, therefore, to look to the complaint, so as to determine from its…