Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Tackett
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Clark Circuit Court; James K. Marsh, Judge. Action by George W. Tackett against the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRoby, P. J.
The complaint was in three paragraphs. In the first and second appellee sought to recover because of the alleged negligence of appellant, through its foreman, in requiring him, while in its service as a section man, traveling to his work on one of its hand-cars, to apply a defective brake negligently maintained thereon, in attempting to do which he was thrown and injured. The defect in the brake complained of consisted in the absence of a nut on one of two bolts intended to hold the brake wood in position, and the looseness of the other nut, whereby the lever became loose and unsteady, and…
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