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NEW YORK, &C., RAILROAD CO. v. MADISON

123 U.S. 524 (1887)

NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. MADISON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.E. Ingersoll for plaintiff in error. Mr. L.A. Russell was with him on the brief.

Mr. Edward S. Meyer for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought by Madison, the defendant in error, for injuries received by him through the alleged negligence of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, while he was in its employ as a brakeman. He charged in his petition that "after a train of cars operated by said defendant, and on which train he was employed as aforesaid, had stopped at the town of Mantua, a station along the line...

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