Andrews v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.

The plaintiff, a minor in his eighteenth year, was employed by the defendant as a section or track hand, in which service he had been engaged several months at the time of the injury complained of. Under the direction of his foreman, plaintiff, with three other workmen, boarded a hand ear at one of the stations on defendant’s road ro go to their work at a point some two or three miles distant. A train from the opposite direction, then about due, was late, and did not appear in sight until the party had nearly reached their destination, when its near approach made it necessary to clear the…