Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Wagner

The special verdict of the jury discloses the following facts: One Cunningham was the duly constituted foreman of a gang of ten or twelve men, common laborers, of whom the appellee was one, all, including Cunningham, employes of appellant and engaged in loading car trucks, composed of four wheels, axles, and gearing, and weighing about 2,500 pounds, upon a flat car for transportation. By the method pursued, which was the usual and ordinary way, the trucks were placed upon the rails occupied by the flat ear to be loaded about fifty feet distant; then two wooden skids fifteen feet long, made…