Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rhoades

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pollock, J. :

This was an action by Lewis Rhoades against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company to recover for personal injuries received by him on April 9,1898, while in the employ of the company, acting in the capacity of “hostler” at Phillips-burg, a division point on defendant’s line of railway. It appears from the record that plaintiff had been there engaged as “hostler” or “hostler’s helper” for a period of about four years prior to his injury; that it is the duty of the “hostler” and his helper, when an engine comes in off the road,…