Lammars v. Chicago Great Western Railroad

The undisputed, or established facts are, substantially: That plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant as a member of the section crew at Dyersville, Iowa. Frank Dodds was foreman of the crew. On the morning of plaintiff’s injury these men were working in the yard, at Dyersville when they received orders to unload steel rails from a car in a train which had just arrived. There were four men in the crew in addition to the foreman. Plaintiff’s work was along the section, track repairing, putting in rails, and work of that kind. He had nothing to do with running the train. The foreman had…