Armstrong v. Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Co.

Zane, C. J.:

This is an action by the plaintiff to recover damages in *421consequence of an injury to him, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendant, while in its employ as a helper in its yards at Poeotello, Idaho. It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff was between an engine and some cars, in the night, uncoupling them, when fourteen or fifteen other cars came from the west, without warning, and without any light upon their front, and struck the ones that plaintiff was uncoupling, and knocked them east a considerable distance; that the plaintiff was thrown down, and the…