King v. Interstate Consolidated R.R. Co.

These cases, which are substantially alike, are before us on demurrers to the declarations. We will consider the first-named case. It is trespass on the case for negligence, and sets out in substance, in the first count thereof, that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant corporation to help remove snow from its railroad tracks between Pawtucket, R. I., and Attleboro, Mass., in very cold weather in the month of February, 1899 ; that the work had to be done over a wide tract of open country, remote from dwelling-houses and other- habitations ; that the defendant knew that the work of…