Shankweiler v. Baltimore & O. R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio.
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.
On May 16, 1904, the plaintiff in error, a brakeman at work in the yards of the defendant company at New Castle Junction, Pa., was thrown from r. box car by the breaking of a brake rod, run over, and lost a leg. The defendant company is a Maryland corporation, and was at the time engaged in operating a railroad partly in Pennsylvania and partly in Ohio. The accident occurred in Pennsylvania, of which state the brakeman was a citizen. When it occurred, the brakeman was standing on a shelf or small platform located at the end of the car, about 3 feet below its roof and…
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