Lincoln v. Pryor

The appellee recovered a judgment in the court below for $8,000, which it is sought to reverse by this appeal. It appears from the record that at the time of the injury of appellee, the appellant was engaged in interstate commerce, and the injury happened between 9:45 and 10:00 o’clock on the night of July 3, 1913, in the Wabash yards at Forty-seventh street in Chicago. Appellant’s switch tracks at said yards were elevated about sixteen feet above the level of the ground and there were twenty-one switch tracks running north and south. The accident happened at about Forty-fifth Place in…