Hall v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad

This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in defendant’s service as a locomotive engineer of a passenger train. The injuries were the result of a collision between plaintiff’s train and some freight-cars on defendant’s main track, between Dayton’s Bluff and Oakland station; and a somewhat full statement of the facts is necessary to a proper understanding of the case. The plaintiff was employed in running the regular suburban passenger train between the Union Depot, in St. Paul, and Pullman avenue, a distance of 10.18 miles, *441the first station…