Phillips v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment entered pursuant to an order granting judgment- notwithstanding a verdict of $7,500 in favor of the plaintiff for damages due to the dea,th of her husband while employed as a section hand on defendant’s railroad.

Plaintiff was riding upon a motor car used by a section crew to which he did not belong. He got on the car at the conclusion of work for the day for the purpose of riding about 800 feet to a point near his home. Above and around the engine in this car was built a housing which formed a convenient level seat about 20 inches above the platform…