Hall v. Iowa Central Railway Co.

Sherwin, J\

The plaintiff, at the time of his injury, November 25, 1894, was a head brakeman on one of defendant’s freight trains. When his train left Oskaloosa on this day his conductor told him to head the train in on one of the side tracks when they reached Grinnell. As the engine neared the switch to one of these tracks, the plaintiff went through a front cab window out onto the running board along the side of the engine, and in stepping from the running board to the steam chest his foot slipped on the steam chest, and he was thrown to the ground, and severely injured. The train at the…