Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Olsen

The plaintiff in the court below was in the employ of the defendant company as a carpenter in ,its shops at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. He was also a member of the voluntary relief department of the company. The nature and terms of the contract of such membership are set forth in former opinions of this court. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Wymore, 40 Neb. 645; Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Bell. 44 Neb. 44.

On the 14th day of August, 1896, while the plaintiff was engaged in his work for the ' company, he' was injured by one of the company’s locomotives, from the effects of which he suffered an amputation…