Stewart v. Blackwood Lumber Co.

The lumber company contends that the plaintiff was not engaged in railroad service, and the incline at which plaintiff was working was not a railroad in contemplation of the statute.

C. S., 3467 (Public Laws 1913, ch. 6, sec. 2), is as follows: “In all actions hereafter brought against any common carrier by railroad dam ages for personal injury to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of…