Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad v. Champion
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Marion Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, C. J.
Appellee, in the court below, recovered damages in the sum of two thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars on account of personal injuries.
The case in brief, in behalf of appellee, may be stated as follows:
He was in the employ of appellant as a switchman, or yard brakeman, in its yards near the city of Indianapolis, — it being a part of his duty to couple cars. One Leonard was also in the employ of appellant as a brakeman. Leonard was inexperienced, incompetent, and negligent, of which facts appellant had knowledge at the time it took him into, and during all the time it retained him in, its…
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