Illinois Central Railroad v. Evans

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellee, Evans, in Jnne, 1914, was a section foreman in charge of a portion of the track of the appellant railroad company. On the morning of June 14, Evans, in company with three section hands, left the section house at Eosine on a hand car and started north on the track with the intention of going to the place of work about two and one-half miles from the section house. When they were within a short distance of their destination they discovered a passenger train also going north coming behind them at a high rate of speed, and they stopped…