Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. Ingraham

This was an action on the case, brought bv John H. Ingraham, in the circuit court of McLean county, against the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway Company, to recover for injuries received, caused by falling from a car and being run over by several cars in the train.

It appears, from the. evidence contained in the record, that, on the 15th day of October, 1872, appellee was a brakemail on a freight train, in the employ of appellant. When near Boswell station, he was directed by Roach, the conductor, to go forward and cut the train. In obedience to the order, appellee went over the train,…