Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Bennett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CunninghaA, J.:

This was an action by the defendant in error to recover damages from the railway cbmpany for personal injuries received in its employ. He was head brakeman on a freight-train which had just pulled into the yards at Arkansas City. The air-brakes were negligently applied by a yardman at the rear of the train, and, in consequence of the sudden stopping of the train thereby, the plaintiff, who was-standing on the front end of the train, was violently thrown to the ground and sustained a severe sprain of his ankles. The injury was had on the…