Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Harris

As shown in the opinion of Justice BUCK on original hearing, no one witnessed the accident which resulted in the death of N. J. Harris, and circumstantial evidence alone was relied on to prove that his death resulted from stepping on the end of the ¡running board! on the cattle ear attached to the caboose of the train. Plaintiff’s theory was that Harris attempted to go from the caboose to the front end of the train, and that in order to do so he climbed to the top of the caboose and then passed over the opening between it and the cattle car ahead; that when he stepped upon the end of the…