Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Mahaffy
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Memorandum. — Error from Wyandotte district court; H. L. Alden, judge. Action by William Maliaffy against The Union Pacific Railway Company to recover for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings the case to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gilkeson, P. J.:
On July 15,1890, William Mahaffy, a boiler-maker, and Charles E. Prince, his helper, were ip. the employ of the plaintiff in error, and on said date were attempting to remove a grate out of the bottom of a fire-box of a locomotive which was standing in a roundhouse of said company. To do so, it was necessary for them to go into the pit over which the locomotive was standing. Having entered the pit, they each took hold of opposite ends of the grate to remove it. Prince at this time was looking up, and, as they were getting it out of the…
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