CHICAGO & N.W. RY. v. GRAY

No. 232.

237 U.S. 399 (1915)

CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. GRAY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 3, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward M. Smart for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Stephen J. McMahon for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for personal injuries. The plaintiff, Gray, was a hostler at Antigo, Wisconsin, having various duties as to receiving and preparing engines for departure, including the emptying of their ashes into the cinder pit and seeing that the coals in the pit were wet down. Just before the accident he had visited the cinder pit, to see whether the cinder pit man was doing his work, and had walked northward...

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