Columbia Creosoting Co. v. Beard
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Hancock Circuit Court; Robert L. Mason, Judge. Action by Clarence M. Beard, as administrator of the estate of John B. Gordon, deceased, against the Columbia Creosoting Company and another. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $5,000, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRabb, J.
Appellant Columbia Creosoting Company is a corporation engaged in the business of treating railroad ties with creosote. Appellant Cravens was the superintendent, having in charge the directing of the work and workmen. The company had an extensive plant, which consisted of a yard, containing several acres of ground, traversed by numerous metal tracks, designed for trucks to run upon. In the yard there were also two large, steel structures in the form of tanks. These structures were provided with heavy iron doors, and were traversed by a track for the trucks to run in upon. The company also…
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