Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Wagner

Appellee sued to recover for the death of his decedent, appellant’s servant, who lost his life through its negligence.

It is charged in the complaint that the decedent was, when employed by appellant, without experience or training as a brakeman, of which fact appellant was informed; that appellant operated a gravel train, the cars of which were provided with aprons at each end consisting of a plank platform, being really an extension of the floor of the car, by means of which, when the cars were coupled, there was formed a continuous floor without any open space between the cars; that these…