Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Stein

The appellee seeks to recover damages against his employer, the appellant, for injuries alleged to have resulted to him from the negligence of the employer in failing to furnish him with safe appliances for use in the performance of the duty required of him hy the service in which he was employed. The injury resulted from the collision of the car upon which the appellee was performing the duties of a brakeman, with another part of the same train, which had been detached for the purpose of making what is commonly called “ a running switch.” The car upon which the appellee was a brakeman was a…