Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Wilfong
Indiana Supreme Court
From Orange Circuit Court; Thomas B. Bushirh, Judge. Action by John Wilfong against the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $1,000, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1394 Burns 1908, siabd. 2, Acts 1901, p. 565, §10.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.
While appellee, in the line of his duty as freight brakeman on appellant’s railway, was setting a brake on the rear car of one of appellant’s freight-trains at Pekin, Indiana, the brake-rod broke, causing him to fall to the roadbed and receive the injuries for which this action was brought. The complaint is in one paragraph, charging negligence on the part of appellant in allowing a brake-rod to become defective. There was an answer in general denial, a general verdict for appellee, and answers to interrogatories submitted by the court to the jury. Over a motion by appellant for judgment in…
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