Chicago West Division Railway Co. v. Conley

We have studied the evidence, as shown by the record in this case, carefully. The action is by the appellee, a boy of six years at the time of the accident, for the loss of his log by the wheel of a car running over it. That he was standing or kneeling upon the steps of the front platform of a moving car, is certain. Whether he fell or jumped from that position, or was kicked from it by the conductor, is the question upon which the case turns. lie asserts, and the conductor denies, that he was so kicked off. He is corroborated by a companion, then nine years old, who was running along the…