RAILROAD CO. v. JONES


95 U.S. 439 (____)

RAILROAD COMPANY v. JONES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Enoch Totten for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edward C. Carrington and Mr. Campbell Carrington, contra.


MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error was the plaintiff in the court below Upon the trial there, he gave evidence to the following effect:

For several months prior to the 12th of November, 1872, he was in the service of the company as a day-laborer. He was one of a party of men employed in constructing and keeping in repair the roadway of the defendant. It was usual for the defendant...

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