Brooks v. Illinois Terminal R.

WOLFE, Commissioner.

This is an action for damages arising out of personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when a metal rack fell upon him while he was loading automobile tires into a freight car. The car in question was supplied by the defendant to the plaintiff’s employer and the plaintiff charges that the defendant company was negligent in supplying a car with the rack insecurely attached or defective. The jury returned a verdict for four thousand dollars in favor of the plaintiff and from the judgment following defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The plaintiff, who was about forty-eight…