Maher v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

On November 12, 1931, plaintiff, -who was employed by defendant as a switchman, was working with his crew assigned to the Stony Island yard of defendant located at Stony Island avenue and 87th street in the cityv of Chicago.

The railroad tracks in this yard ran in a general southeasterly and northwesterly direction. The multiplicity of tracks, buildings, etc., renders it somewhat difficult, notwithstanding a plat offered in evidence, to get an accurate picture of the circumstances under which the accident to plaintiff occurred which is the basis of this suit. A drawing attached to plaintiff’s…