St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Kirkpatrick

Appellee recovered judgment for damages to compensate an injury sustained by himself personally, and also an injury to his team of mules. The cause of action arose as follows: Three box-cars were “spotted” on appellant railway company’s sidetrack in the city of Osceola for the purpose of receiving freight, and appellee, who is a drayman, was loading a heavy piece of machinery into the middle car. South of the three box-cars there was a string of twenty-two cars, and between the three cars and the twenty-two cars there was a space of two or three car lengths. An engine coupled to the south end…