Kilpatrick v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Cask to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, by reason of the fact that one of the defendant’s cars, with which the plaintiff had to do as an employee of the defendant, was equipped with side ladders. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, Orleans County, September Term, 1899, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
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Cask to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, by reason of the fact that one of the defendant’s cars, with which the plaintiff had to do as an employee of the defendant, was equipped with side ladders. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, Orleans County, September Term, 1899, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved the court to direct a verdict in its favor. This motion was overruled. The court instructed the jury that the effect of V. S. 3886- and 3887 was to…
1Opinion of the Court
Taft, 0. J.
I. The injury to the plaintiff was caused by his attempting to board a moving freight train by means of a ladder placed upon the side of a car. V. S. sec. 3886 reads as follows,— “ No railroad company shall run cars of its own with ladders or steps to the top of the same, on the sides of its cars, but said ladders or steps shall be on the ends or inside of the cars.” Section 3887 provides that a railroad corporation, not complying with the-requirements of sec. 3886, shall be liable for the damages and. *265injuries to * * * employees on its roads, resulting from such neglect. By force…
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