Illinois Cent. R. v. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa; Henry T. Reed, Judge. Action by Lu Verne D. Nelson, a minor, by Emma D. Nelson, his next friend, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff below, Lu Verne D. Nelson, was a fireman employed by the Illinois Central Railroad Company in firing the engine on the first section of its train No. 71 going west on the night of January 6, 1912. When that engine arrived at the station of Wise, it went out of commission, the way car or caboose of that section was attached to the rear of the second section of No. 71, and when this composite train went out of Jesup, the next station west, Nelson was riding in that caboose. About four miles west of Jesup, while that train was proceeding on its way, the third…
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