Sullivan v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Rose, j.

This is an action to recover damages in the sum of $45,000 for alleged negligence resulting in personal injuries. Defendant is a common carrier operating a railroad. Plaintiff was a brakeman and a member of a train crew running a regular freight train for defendant out of Boone, Iowa, westward into Nebraska. Plaintiff, while engaged in the duties of his employment, walking toward a hydrant for a supply of water for the train crew, with a jug in one hand and a lantern in the other, about 1:30 o’clock in the morning, August 11, 1931, tripped on and fell from a platform with a floor of…