Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Blakemore

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson

Affirming.

G-eorge Blakemore, an employee of M. E. Lane and C. C. Leonard, was engaged in carrying cross-ties from a stack near the railroad tracks and loading them in a car of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. In his original petition he set up a cause of action against Lane and Leonard, charging that he sustained his injury through the negligence of their inspector while he was acting under the direction and command of the defendants. Later, he filed an amended petition making the Chicago, Burlington &■ Quincy Railroad Company a…