Illinois Cent. R. v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of thq United States for the Western District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
EURTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for personal injury sustained by the defendant in error while in the service of the plaintiff in error as a switchman. There was a jury, and verdict and judgment for the plaintiff below. The plaintiff, while assisting in switching operations in the yard of the company at McComb City, Miss., attempted to climb upon a passing freight car by grasping the iron handhold on the side. One end of this pulled off the bolt which attached it to the car, and the plaintiff was thrown under a wheel. The question upon which the case turned was whether this handhold…
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