New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Perriguey

The appellee sued for damages for injuries sustained in a collision of two engines upon the appellant’s railway. He secured a verdict for twelve thousand dollars, the jury returning with the general verdict answers to special interrogatories propounded by each party.

The complaint alleged that the appellee and one Wilson were, respectively, fireman and engineer for appellant, and in charge of engine No. 167, drawing a caboose west out of Ft. Wayne, with instructions to run at the rate of forty miles per hour to Argos, where they should meet and pass train No. 41, drawn by engine No. 172, in…