Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Co. v. Hall

Cobb, Ch. J.

The plaintiff below, in his petition, alleges the incorporation of the defendant; that on the 4th day of February, 1889, he was in the employ of the defendant, and had been for a period of three years; that while in the employment of the defendant he performed the work assigned to him, but through no fault or negligence of his, one W¿ H.'McLeary, who was also an employe of defendant, and was unloading coal from defendant’s cars, carelessly and negligently threw a large and heavy lump of coal upon plaintiff’s right hand, crushing the same, breaking the bones thereof, etc.; that…