Deep Vein Coal Co. v. Chicago & E. I. Ry. Co.

ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant’s mines were served by a switch track which appellee railway had constructed pursuant to a written contract between them. The contract specified, inter alia: •

“8. The Coal Company will also indemnify and save harmless the Eastern Illinois Company for loss, damage or injury from any act or omission of the Coal Company, its employes or agents, to the person or property of the parties hereto and their employes, and to the person or property of any person or corporation while on or about said tracks, and if any claim or liability, other than from fire, shall…