Erie R. v. Schomer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio.
1Opinion of the Court
LURTON, Circuit Judge.
Action for personal injuries sustained while in the service of the Erie Railroad Company as a yard switch-man. Jury, and judgment for plaintiff. There was evidence tending to show that plaintiff was one of a switching crew engaged in the switching of two loaded coal cars from the track upon a coal tipple to an adjacent surface track. It was a dark night. Plaintiff, though an experienced switchman, was not familiar with the tipple or tracks adjacent. He was directed to take two cars down the tipple track, “throw the switch, and put them on the middle rails.” He gave the…
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