Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway Co. v. Williams

SPEER, Associate Justice.

This is an action of damages instituted by appellee against appellant to recover for injuries sustained by him by reason of the alleged negligence of the company in injuring him while in the act of pinching a partially loaded coal car so as to enable the company’s operatives to attach an engine to the same. Among other defenses the appellant interposed a release executed by the appellee, which presents the principal question to be decided on this appeal. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee for the sum of $920. .

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