Dunlavy v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.

1. railroads: hrakenían ínOThigtrám: negligence of question0for jury-The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a brakeman on a freight train. On the evening of the thirtieth of March, 1880, he fell from the train and was run over, and suffered the loss of an arm. The evidence tended to show that at the time of the ' . , , . ,. , acci(^ent he was engaged m uncoupling one part of the train from the other, the train being in motion; and, while so engaged, the conductor applied a brake, and so checked the motion of the train as to cause a violent jerk, and by reason thereof plaintiff fell…