Illinois Central Railroad v. Finch's Administrator

Opinion.of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing..,. "W. R. Fincli, twenty-one years of age and unmarried-, was killed at .Covington, Tennessee, early in. tie . after: *230noon of January 20, 1915, by one of appellant’s freight trains, upon which he was employed as flagman, while-seven cars were being moved from a side track on the main track to be placed in the freight train, by a process called a “flying switch” or “kick-back.” Alleging that his death was caused by the negligence of defendant’s agents in the careless and violent manner in which these cars were backed and bumped against other parts…