Parker v. Southern Railway Co.

The person acting as yard conductor on the date of the injuries testified: “I saw the Southern car on that track. When we hacked in there I picked it up and headed out. I coupled the rear of the engine to it. I backed up about 60 feet to the coal-chute track with this car, and we went into the coal chute with it. When we went into the coal-chute track we could see some cars on the coal-chute track. We could not tell what cars were on there. I don’t recall whether I told my field man or my engine man the number of it. I found out what cars were on there. The car I went after (the Eock Island…