White v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.

The material facts in this case are as follows: The plaintiff was employed by the Merchants & Miners Transportation Company as a longshoreman and freight handler at its wharf in Providence. The defendant was in the habit of placing cars upon its tracks in the yard occupied by said transportation company, for the purpose of having them unloaded. After delivering them in the yard the defendant exercised no further control over them until they were unloaded, when it would remove them from the yard. On the day of the happening of the accident in question the plaintiff was unloading car No. 3,443…