Tobler v. Union Stock Yards Co.

Action in the district court for Douglas county against the Union Stock Yards Company, Limited, for damages on account of personal injuries sustained by John Tobler Avhile working as a switchman on defendant’s cars. Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $1,712, and the defendant has appealed.

It appears that at the time of the injury complained of defendant operated a railroad which connected its stock yards and the packing houses in Sbuth Omaha with the railroads centering there; that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant, and was a member of the crew engaged in switching cars from the…