Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hawk
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— •heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. Franklin Blades, Judge, presiding.
1Per curiam
This was an action to recover for an injury received by the plaintiff, while assisting in the removal of a wreck from the defendant’s railroad track. The accident occurred near Forrest, in Livingston county, on the 14th day of April, 1882. At the time of the accident, the railroad company had a wrecking-crew at Forrest, consisting of four or five men, including the plaintiff. The crew was under the. control of one Button, who was foreman. When a wreck occurred, it was the duty of Button and his men to remove the wreck and clear the track as speedily as possible, so that the running of trains…
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