McDaniel v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Caldwell County awarding plaintiff $14,000 damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff, an employee of defendant Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, was injured at Dodge City, Kansas, while in the discharge of his duties as a brakeman, incident to the transportation of freight in interstate commerce.

On the evening of February 17, Í932, the plaintiff, another brakeman named Talbot, a yard clerk named Kitson, an engineer, a fireman and a conductor left Bucklin, Kansas, with an engine, tender, and a coach Which served as a caboose, for…