Carlock v. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad

Plaintiff in error commenced an action against defendant in error to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the -defendant, or negligence for which it was responsible. The complaint was in two counts. The first count, so far as material to consider, charged that plaintiff was employed by defendant as head-brakeman, and that in the discharge of his duties he was assisting in making up a train; that in making it up part of the cars were placed on the main track, about 75 feet from its intersection with a siding, at which point there was an…