St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. Holman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry County; the Hon. Benjamin B. Burroughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scofield
Court.
At 4 or 5 o’clock in the afternoon of January 28, 1891, appeUee, who had been working on an engine tank at appeUant’s round-house at Pinkney vil le, and had completed that task, was commanded by one Wilkinson to make certain repairs on a flat-car then standing on one of appellant’s repair tracks. Wilkinson’s instructions were specific, both as to the car, the number of which was given to appellee, and as to the work to be done, which was to “ jack up ” the car, and remove the old, and put in a new center-plate.
The repair track in question, which ran in an easterly and westerly…
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