Railway Co. v. Bolling
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Drew Circuit Court. Carroll D. Wood, Judge. Action by Bolling against the Houston, Centra] Arkansas & Northern Railway Company.
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Appeal from Drew Circuit Court. Carroll D. Wood, Judge. Action by Bolling against the Houston, Centra] Arkansas & Northern Railway Company. The facts are stated by the court as follows : The appellee, a boy about four years old, while riding on a hand car of appellant, had his hand crushed in the cogs by which it was operated, and for the injury recovered damages in this action in the sum of five thous- and dollars, to reverse the judgment for which the appeal in this case was taken. The facts in the case are substantially as follows: Parkdale is the center of a section of defendant’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts.) In Flower v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 69 Pa. St. 210, the facts were as follows: “A train of defendant’s coming into the city, the engine, tender and one car were detached from the remainder, and run, under the charge of the fireman in the engineer’s place, to a water-station belonging to the defendants. At the station, the fireman asked a boy ten years old, standing there, to turn . on the water; while he was climbing the tender to put in the hose, the,remainder of the train came down with their ordinary force, struck the car attached to the…
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