EL PASO R.R. CO. v. VIZARD

No. 31.

211 U.S. 608 (1909)

EL PASO AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. VIZARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1909.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.F. Woodson, with whom Mr. Millard Patterson was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.H. Robeson, with whom Mr. George E. Wallace was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The circumstances of the injury, generally speaking, were these: The freight train on which plaintiff was acting as brakeman was directed to stop at Osborne and pick up a water car. This water car was a flat car with a tank on it — a temporary water car. It had an iron hand rail on each side and upright posts, or standards...

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