Jackson v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Plaintiff Jackson, age forty, employed by Swift & Company in Des Moines, was injured by the fall of a heavy steel door from a boxcar loaded with soybeans consigned to Swift. Plaintiff and Michael, a fellow employee, under the supervision of Ashby, acting foreman at the Swift plant, were attempting to open the door preparatory to un loading the beans when the door fell out from the top and struck plaintiff. Defendant Milwaukee Railroad had delivered the car empty to a shipper at Hobarton, Iowa, to be loaded and transported to Swift in Des Moines. The Milwaukee delivered the loaded ear in Des…