Savannah & Northwestern Railway v. McCoy

According to the allegations of the petition as amended, the 'section-foreman in the employ of the defendant was returning at the close of work for the day, riding on his section-car with 19 section-hands, also in the service of the defendant and under his general control; the plaintiff was seated on the front left-hand corner of the lever-car, facing the direction in which the car was moving, with his feet hanging over the edge between the rails of the track; and immediately behind the plaintiff, on the left-hand side of the car and next to the corner, with his right shoulder against the…