Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Ross

Appellee’s decedent was a brakeman on a train of cars, and was jerked or jolted by the car on which he was standing being thrown from the track, so that he fell' and was killed by the train running over him.

At the time of the accident the train was passing over a piece of railroad known as the Pan Handle, and it was shown that the track was in a defective condition, which probably caused the accident. The main contest is over the question whether the right defendant was sued, or rather, whether the defendant against which the verdict and judgment went was in any manner responsible for the…