Brown v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

The respondent suffered an injury to his hand while employed as a brakeman by the appellant, in appellant’s yards, where the respondent had for years been employed and with the conditions of which he was familiar. The jury found that negligence caused the misfortune. The complaint and bill of particulars set up six grounds of negligence, as follows: (1) improper system of switching, on account of the absence of a cross-over at the east end of the yard, and no direct signal communication between the head and rear ends of the train; (2) insufficient number of brakemen; (3) that the trainmen…