Quinn v. Railroad

One Quinn, the intestate of plaintiff in error, was an employe of defendant, and was seriously crushed by the driving wheel of one of" its engines while engaged in the discharge of his duty as switchman in the yards of the railroad at Holly Springs, Miss. Immediately after the injury, he was taken in charge by a surgeon employed by the defendant to render .surgical attention to such of its employes as were injured at that place while in its .service. He at once placed himself in communication by wire with the chief surgeon of the railroad, whose duty, under his employment, was to render…