Wagner v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Joe A. Davis, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carnes
August 21, 1912, William F. Wagner, about thirty-six years old, plaintiff below (defendant in error here), was employed by the Chicago, Bock Island and Pacific Bailway Company, defendant below (plaintiff in error here), as foreman of a switching crew operating in its yards at Morris, Illinois. In the course of his employment that day he undertook to couple two cars, one of them equipped with a “Major” coupler, and the other with a “Gould” coupler. He had before discovered that the knuckle of the Major coupler was not in'working order, and had closed it. It was only necessary to have the…
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