ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R. CO. v. WILLIAMS

No. 637.

242 U.S. 462 (1917)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. v. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles C. LeForgee, with whom Mr. Blewett Lee, Mr. Charles N. Burch and Mr. Robert B. Mayes were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. M.F. Harrington and Mr. William H. Walkins for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

It will contribute to brevity in this opinion to designate the parties as they were in the state circuit court, the defendant in error as plaintiff and the railroad companies as defendants.

The plaintiff, a switchman in the employ of the defendants, was in the act of mounting, by means of a Iadder, to the top of a box car to set the brake, when the hand hold or grab iron placed at the top of the ladder...

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