Christie v. Great Northern Railway Co.

The testimony tended to show that the railroad track at Chinook extends approximately east and west. The box car was standing still at the station platform which was on the south side of the track. When the plaintiff and conductor began to unload the wheels, they were against the north wall of the car in the west end, with the axle parallel to the length of the car. The two men inside the car first rolled the wheels away from the north wall; the conductor then held the east end with the plaintiff at the west end; plaintiff swung the west end in a 90° arc placing the axle at right angles to…