Heskett v. Pennsylvania Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio; John H. Clarke, Judge. Action by William Heskett against the Pennsylvania Company. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, was in the employ of defendant in error as a member of a special section gang of 20 to 30 men engaged in resurfacing track and making fills with slag, which was hauled for the purpose on cars drawn by a yard engine operated by a regular crew; the engine being provided at both the tender and pilot ends with footboard and grabirons or handholds. For the purpose of riding to- dinner at the camp maintained by the railroad company, plaintiff attempted to step on the footboard on the front or pilot end of the engine, which was then…
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- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Spaulding v. Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Hales v. Michigan Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
- Eastman v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Railroad v. ReaganTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
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