Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Wilhoit
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory; before Justice Joseph A. Gill, February 17, 1904. Action by John Wilhoit against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District of the Indian Territory; before Justice Joseph A. Gill, February 17, 1904. Action by John Wilhoit against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. On September 9, 1903, plaintiff (appellee) filed his complaint, and alleged that on February 2, 1903, he was in the employ of the defendant as a section hand; that he and other section hands were at work on defendant's track under a section foreman named Cook; that in going to and from work the defendant furnished a hand car;…
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.
(after stating the facts). The appellant (defendant beloAv) has filed 11 specifications of error, which its counsel discusses under three subheads.
Under the first subhead he discusses the specifications of error numbered 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. After stating *538the age of plaintiff, and that he had worked upon the same section for 17 months, that the hand car in question had been in use for 14 or 15 months by this particular gang and on this particular section, and that no accident had occurred to any one using the car, and that the car had never been derailed prior to this accident,…
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