Alcorn v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Appellee was employed by appellant as a section hand upon its railroad. Upon the day of the accident he was engaged in loading upon flat cars old and worn out rails, which had been taken from the track of appellant company. There were numerous section gangs employed by appellant upon its line of road. The rails in question and which were being picked up along the right of way of appellant were upon another section than that in which appellee was employed as a section hand, and it was while he was performing the duty of assisting other section men in loading rails upon the flat car that he…