Flanigan v. Hines
Supreme Court of Kansas
. Appeal from Wyandotte district .court, division No. 2; Frank D. Hutchings, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Burch, J.:
The action was one to recover damages resulting from death of a switching-crew foreman, who was killed while assisting in preparing a defective car for movement from the bad-order track to the repair track, in the defendant’s Glen Park yards. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant appeals.
*135The defect in the car consisted in absence of a drawbar, which made it necessary to use chains to move the car. The accident occurred at night, and the deceased was killed while he was holding a lantern so that one of his brakemen could see to attach…
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